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The Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on September 26, 1946Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 September 1946392,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 26, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
392,334 km243,785 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 25, 194608:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 3, 194609:53

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Thursday, September 26, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1946 to the new moon of October 24, 1946, a cycle of 29.62 days.