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The Moon on Monday, August 19, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on August 19, 1946Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 August 1946371,207 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 19, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
371,207 km230,657 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Monday, August 19, 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.