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The Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1946: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on April 27, 1946Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 April 1946375,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 27, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.7% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
375,971 km233,617 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 24, 194615:19
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 1, 194613:16

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Saturday, April 27, 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.