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The Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1946: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on January 26, 1946Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 January 1946404,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 26, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
404,431 km251,301 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 2, 1946 at 04:43 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 25, 194605:00
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 2, 194604:43

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Saturday, January 26, 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.