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The Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on November 3, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 November 1946390,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 3, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.0% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
390,710 km242,776 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 2, 194604:41
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 9, 194607:10

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Sunday, November 3, 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.