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The Moon on Sunday, October 13, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on October 13, 1946Waning Gibbous

Sunday 13 October 1946364,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 13, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
364,287 km226,357 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 10, 194620:41
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 17, 194613:28

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Sunday, October 13, 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.