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The Moon on Friday, November 8, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on November 8, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 November 1946363,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 8, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
363,035 km225,579 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 24, 1946 at 23:32 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Friday, November 8, 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.