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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on May 23, 1946Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 May 1946388,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.1% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
388,856 km241,624 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 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.