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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on April 9, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 April 1946378,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
378,407 km235,131 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 8, 194620:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 16, 194610:47

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1946 to the new moon of May 1, 1946, a cycle of 29.36 days.