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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 14, 1946Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 August 1946384,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
384,194 km238,727 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 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.