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The Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1946: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on October 20, 1946Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 October 1946383,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 20, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
383,159 km238,084 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Sunday, October 20, 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.