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The Moon on Friday, April 19, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on April 19, 1946Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 April 1946405,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 19, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
405,743 km252,117 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Friday, April 19, 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.