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The Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on April 11, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 April 1946386,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 11, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
386,905 km240,412 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Thursday, April 11, 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.