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The Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1946: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on October 23, 1946Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 October 1946393,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 23, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
393,391 km244,442 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1946 is on Thursday, October 10, 1946 at 20:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Wednesday, October 23, 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.