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The Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on September 6, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 September 1949400,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 6, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
400,435 km248,819 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Tuesday, September 6, 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.