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The Moon on Friday, November 22, 1946: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on November 22, 1946Waning Crescent

Friday 22 November 1946402,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 22, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
402,551 km250,134 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Friday, November 22, 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.