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The Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1946: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on March 28, 1946Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 March 1946387,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 28, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
387,452 km240,751 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1946 is on Sunday, March 17, 1946 at 19:11 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Thursday, March 28, 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.