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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on March 23, 1946Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 March 1946404,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
404,743 km251,496 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.