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The Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 13, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 January 1946366,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 13, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
366,704 km227,859 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 3, 1946 at 12:30 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 10, 194620:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 17, 194614:47

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Sunday, January 13, 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.