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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on October 15, 1946Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 October 1946366,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
366,829 km227,937 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 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.