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The Moon on Friday, November 1, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on November 1, 1946Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 November 1946400,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 1, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
400,014 km248,557 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 1, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 1

More about this date

Friday, November 1, 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.