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The Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 8, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 August 1946403,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 8, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
403,186 km250,528 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 4, 194620:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 12, 194622:26

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Thursday, August 8, 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.