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The Moon on Friday, September 9, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on September 9, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 September 1949405,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 9, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
405,511 km251,973 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Friday, September 9, 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.