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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on July 12, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 July 1946403,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
403,315 km250,608 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 29, 1946 at 04:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 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.