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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1946: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on May 29, 1946Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 May 1946358,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
358,642 km222,850 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 24, 194604:02
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 30, 194620:49

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 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.