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The Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on April 23, 1946Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 April 1946398,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
398,062 km247,344 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Tuesday, April 23, 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.