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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on August 15, 1946Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 August 1946380,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
380,922 km236,694 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 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.