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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on March 19, 1946Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 March 1946399,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
399,287 km248,106 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.