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The Moon on Friday, September 26, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on September 26, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 September 1947401,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 26, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
401,920 km249,742 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1947 is on Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at 06:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 1947 at 19:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 22, 194705:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 30, 194706:41

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Friday, September 26, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1947 to the new moon of October 14, 1947, a cycle of 29.45 days.