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The Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 1946Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 April 1946404,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 17, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
404,108 km251,101 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 16, 194610:47
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 24, 194615:19

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Wednesday, April 17, 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.