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The Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on July 30, 1946Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 July 1946376,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 30, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
376,269 km233,803 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 28, 194611:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 4, 194620:56

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Tuesday, July 30, 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.