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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1946Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 August 1946373,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
373,090 km231,827 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 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.