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The Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1948: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on September 30, 1948Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 September 1948360,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 30, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,477 km223,990 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Thursday, September 30, 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.