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The Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on September 4, 1947Waning Gibbous

Thursday 4 September 1947386,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 4, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
386,785 km240,337 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 1947 at 19:28 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Thursday, September 4, 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.