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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1946: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Last Quarter at

01:17UTC

Moon phase on August 20, 1946Last Quarter

Tuesday 20 August 1946369,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1946, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.0% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
369,750 km229,752 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 12, 194622:26
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 20, 194601:17
New Moon (after)Monday, August 26, 194621:07

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 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.