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The Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 5, 1946Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 January 1946388,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 5, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
388,346 km241,307 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 3, 1946 at 12:30 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 3, 194612:30
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 10, 194620:27

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Saturday, January 5, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1946 to the new moon of February 2, 1946, a cycle of 29.68 days.