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The Moon on Monday, September 27, 1948: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on September 27, 1948Waning Crescent

Monday 27 September 1948371,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 27, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
371,715 km230,973 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 26, 194805:07
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 2, 194819:42

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Monday, September 27, 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.