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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 1946Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 May 1946401,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
401,178 km249,281 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 16, 194602:53
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 24, 194604:02

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 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.