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The Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 4, 1948Waxing Crescent

Saturday 4 September 1948358,660 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 4, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
358,660 km222,861 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 3, 194811:21
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 10, 194807:05

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Saturday, September 4, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 1948 to the new moon of October 2, 1948, a cycle of 29.35 days.