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The Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1948: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on September 2, 1948Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 September 1948357,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 2, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
357,709 km222,270 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 27, 194818:46
New Moon (after)Friday, September 3, 194811:21

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Thursday, September 2, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1948 to the new moon of September 3, 1948, a cycle of 29.30 days.