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The Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1946: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

New Moon at

11:54UTC

Moon phase on July 28, 1946New Moon

Sunday 28 July 1946367,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 28, 1946, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
367,587 km228,408 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 21, 194619:52
New Moon (this day)Sunday, July 28, 194611:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 4, 194620:56

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Sunday, July 28, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1946 to the new moon of August 26, 1946, a cycle of 29.38 days.