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The Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1946: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Last Quarter at

13:28UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 1946Last Quarter

Thursday 17 October 1946372,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 17, 1946, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
372,588 km231,515 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 10, 194620:41
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 17, 194613:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 24, 194623:32

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Thursday, October 17, 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.