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The Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on October 2, 1946Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 October 1946404,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 2, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
404,022 km251,047 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 25, 194608:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 3, 194609:53

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Wednesday, October 2, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1946 to the new moon of October 24, 1946, a cycle of 29.62 days.