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The Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1946: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Last Quarter at

06:44UTC

Moon phase on September 18, 1946Last Quarter

Wednesday 18 September 1946370,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 18, 1946, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
370,419 km230,168 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, September 11, 194610:00
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 18, 194606:44
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 25, 194608:45

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Wednesday, September 18, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1946 to the new moon of September 25, 1946, a cycle of 29.48 days.