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The Moon on Friday, August 16, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1946Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 August 1946377,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 16, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
377,963 km234,856 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Friday, August 16, 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.