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The Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1946: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on August 24, 1946Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 August 1946370,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 24, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
370,318 km230,105 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Saturday, August 24, 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.