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The Moon on Thursday, September 11, 1947: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on September 11, 1947Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 September 1947364,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 11, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
364,224 km226,318 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 8, 194703:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 14, 194719:28

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Thursday, September 11, 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.