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The Moon on Friday, September 2, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on September 2, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 September 1949387,266 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 2, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
387,266 km240,636 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Friday, September 2, 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.