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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 15, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 April 1946400,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
400,049 km248,579 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 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.