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The Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1946: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1946Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 July 1946364,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 27, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
364,972 km226,783 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1946 is on Sunday, July 14, 1946 at 09:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Saturday, July 27, 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.