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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on October 7, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Monday 7 October 1946384,869 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
384,869 km239,147 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 3, 194609:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 10, 194620:41

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 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.