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The Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on September 12, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 September 1948399,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 12, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
399,360 km248,151 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Sunday, September 12, 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.