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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on January 23, 1946Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 January 1946399,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.2% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
399,390 km248,169 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 2, 1946 at 04:43 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 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.