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The Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1946: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on April 30, 1946Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 April 1946360,850 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 30, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
360,850 km224,222 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Tuesday, April 30, 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.