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The Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on August 13, 1946Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 13 August 1946387,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 13, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
387,711 km240,913 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 12, 194622:26
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 20, 194601:17

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Tuesday, August 13, 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.