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The Moon on Friday, September 20, 1946: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on September 20, 1946Waning Crescent

Friday 20 September 1946373,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 20, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
373,555 km232,116 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 5 days later.

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Friday, September 20, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1946 to the new moon of September 25, 1946, a cycle of 29.48 days.