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The Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1946: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 25, 1946Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 August 1946372,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 25, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
372,609 km231,529 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Sunday, August 25, 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.