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The Moon on Wednesday, July 10, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on July 10, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 July 1946405,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 10, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
405,340 km251,867 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Wednesday, July 10, 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.