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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on October 31, 1946Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 October 1946403,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.1% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
403,037 km250,436 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 24, 194623:32
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 2, 194604:41

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 24, 1946 to the new moon of November 23, 1946, a cycle of 29.74 days.