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The Moon on Sunday, September 4, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on September 4, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 September 1949394,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 4, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
394,630 km245,212 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Sunday, September 4, 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.