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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on January 18, 1946Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 January 1946375,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
375,493 km233,320 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 2, 1946 at 04:43 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 17, 194614:47
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 25, 194605:00

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 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.