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The Moon on Monday, September 23, 1946: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on September 23, 1946Waning Crescent

Monday 23 September 1946381,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
381,427 km237,007 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 2 days later.

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Monday, September 23, 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.