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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 9, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 August 1946401,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
401,106 km249,235 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 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.