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The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1946: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 23, 1946Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 July 1946367,729 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
367,729 km228,496 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.