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The Moon on Friday, September 10, 1948: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

First Quarter at

07:05UTC

Moon phase on September 10, 1948First Quarter

Friday 10 September 1948390,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 10, 1948, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.2% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
390,271 km242,503 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 3, 194811:21
First Quarter (this day)Friday, September 10, 194807:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 18, 194809:43

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Friday, September 10, 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.