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The Moon on Monday, July 15, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on July 15, 1946Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 July 1946395,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 15, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
395,781 km245,927 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 14, 194609:23
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 21, 194619:52

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Monday, July 15, 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.