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The Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1946: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on April 28, 1946Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 April 1946370,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 28, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
370,011 km229,914 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Sunday, April 28, 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.