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The Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1946: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on March 27, 1946Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 March 1946392,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 27, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
392,870 km244,118 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 25, 194622:37
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 2, 194604:37

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Wednesday, March 27, 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.