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The Moon on Monday, July 22, 1946: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 1946Waning Crescent

Monday 22 July 1946370,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 22, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
370,834 km230,425 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 21, 194619:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 28, 194611:54

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Monday, July 22, 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.