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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on May 15, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 May 1946405,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
405,689 km252,083 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 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.