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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on September 17, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 September 1948405,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
405,810 km252,158 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 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.