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The Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1949: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on September 18, 1949Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 September 1949375,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 18, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
375,422 km233,276 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 4 days later.

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Sunday, September 18, 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.