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The Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1946: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on June 23, 1946Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 June 1946373,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
373,525 km232,098 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 22, 194613:12
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 29, 194604:06

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Sunday, June 23, 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.