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The Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on September 8, 1949Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 September 1949404,404 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 8, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
404,404 km251,285 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Thursday, September 8, 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.