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The Moon on Saturday, September 13, 1947: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on September 13, 1947Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 September 1947364,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 13, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
364,347 km226,394 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 1947 at 19:28 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Saturday, September 13, 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.