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The Moon on Monday, April 29, 1946: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on April 29, 1946Waning Crescent

Monday 29 April 1946364,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 29, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
364,806 km226,680 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Monday, April 29, 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.