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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on June 20, 1946Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 June 1946388,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
388,255 km241,250 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 14, 194618:42
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 22, 194613:12

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1946 to the new moon of June 29, 1946, a cycle of 29.30 days.