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The Moon on Monday, September 26, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on September 26, 1949Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 September 1949367,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 26, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
367,212 km228,175 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Monday, September 26, 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.