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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1946: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Last Quarter at

15:19UTC

Moon phase on April 24, 1946Last Quarter

Wednesday 24 April 1946393,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1946, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
393,540 km244,534 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 16, 194610:47
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 24, 194615:19
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 1, 194613:16

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 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.