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The Moon on Friday, June 28, 1946: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on June 28, 1946Waning Crescent

Friday 28 June 1946359,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 28, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
359,638 km223,469 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Friday, June 28, 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.