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The Moon on Friday, September 27, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on September 27, 1946Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 September 1946396,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 27, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
396,017 km246,073 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Friday, September 27, 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.