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The Moon on Monday, April 1, 1946: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on April 1, 1946Waning Crescent

Monday 1 April 1946366,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 1, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
366,095 km227,481 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Monday, April 1, 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.