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The Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1949: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on September 21, 1949Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 September 1949360,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 21, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
360,443 km223,969 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Wednesday, September 21, 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.