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The Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1946: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on October 19, 1946Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 October 1946379,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 19, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
379,592 km235,867 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 17, 194613:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 24, 194623:32

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Saturday, October 19, 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.