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The Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on May 14, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 May 1946404,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 14, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
404,519 km251,356 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 8, 194605:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 16, 194602:53

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Tuesday, May 14, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1946 to the new moon of May 30, 1946, a cycle of 29.31 days.