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The Moon on Sunday, July 7, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on July 7, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 July 1946401,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 7, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
401,017 km249,181 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 6, 194605:15
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 14, 194609:23

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Sunday, July 7, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1946 to the new moon of July 28, 1946, a cycle of 29.32 days.