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The Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1946: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on November 17, 1946Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 November 1946385,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 17, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.7% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
385,565 km239,579 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 15, 194622:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, November 23, 194617:24

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Sunday, November 17, 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.