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The Moon on Monday, September 20, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1948Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 September 1948400,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 20, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
400,927 km249,124 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 18, 194809:43
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 26, 194805:07

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Monday, September 20, 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.