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The Moon on Friday, September 23, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 23, 1949Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 September 1949357,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 23, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
357,949 km222,419 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Friday, September 23, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 22, 1949 to the new moon of October 21, 1949, a cycle of 29.38 days.