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The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on July 17, 1946Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 July 1946389,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
389,176 km241,822 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 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.