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The Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on September 29, 1946Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 September 1946402,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 29, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
402,013 km249,799 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Sunday, September 29, 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.