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The Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on September 1, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 September 1949383,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 1, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
383,082 km238,036 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 30, 194919:17
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 7, 194910:00

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Thursday, September 1, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1949 to the new moon of September 22, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.