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The Moon on Sunday, September 26, 1948: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Last Quarter at

05:07UTC

Moon phase on September 26, 1948Last Quarter

Sunday 26 September 1948376,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 26, 1948, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
376,747 km234,100 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 18, 194809:43
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, September 26, 194805:07
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 2, 194819:42

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Sunday, September 26, 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.