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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on July 20, 1946Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 July 1946378,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.7% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
378,111 km234,947 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 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.