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The Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 11, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 July 1946404,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 11, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
404,730 km251,488 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Thursday, July 11, 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.