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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 1946Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 January 1946402,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
402,326 km249,994 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 2, 1946 at 04:43 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 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.