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The Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1946: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on June 26, 1946Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 June 1946361,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 26, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,384 km224,553 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Wednesday, June 26, 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.