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The Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1946: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on September 24, 1946Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 September 1946384,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 24, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
384,847 km239,133 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 1 day later.

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Tuesday, September 24, 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.