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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 January 1946366,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
366,728 km227,874 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 3, 1946 at 12:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 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.