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The Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on September 3, 1947Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 September 1947390,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 3, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
390,303 km242,523 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 1947 at 19:28 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 31, 194716:34
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 8, 194703:57

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Wednesday, September 3, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 1947 to the new moon of September 14, 1947, a cycle of 29.34 days.