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The Moon on Monday, June 24, 1946: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on June 24, 1946Waning Crescent

Monday 24 June 1946368,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 24, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
368,705 km229,103 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Monday, June 24, 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.