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The Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1946: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 27, 1946Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 June 1946359,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 27, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
359,670 km223,489 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Thursday, June 27, 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.