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The Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1946: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on January 30, 1946Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 January 1946394,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 30, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
394,855 km245,352 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 2, 1946 at 04:43 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Wednesday, January 30, 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.