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The Moon on Monday, March 18, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 1946Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 March 1946396,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 18, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
396,277 km246,235 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 17, 194619:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 25, 194622:37

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Monday, March 18, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 1946 to the new moon of April 2, 1946, a cycle of 29.44 days.