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The Moon on Friday, September 16, 1949: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on September 16, 1949Waning Crescent

Friday 16 September 1949387,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 16, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.0% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
387,702 km240,907 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 6 days later.

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Friday, September 16, 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.