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The Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on May 21, 1946Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 21 May 1946397,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 21, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
397,899 km247,243 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Tuesday, May 21, 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.