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The Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on November 12, 1946Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 November 1946362,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 12, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
362,575 km225,294 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 9, 194607:10
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 15, 194622:35

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Tuesday, November 12, 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.