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The Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1946: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on September 22, 1946Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 September 1946378,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 22, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
378,380 km235,115 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 3 days later.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Sunday, September 22, 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.