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The Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on August 17, 1946Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 August 1946375,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 17, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.4% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
375,349 km233,231 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Saturday, August 17, 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.