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The Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1946: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

New Moon at

17:24UTC

Moon phase on November 23, 1946New Moon

Saturday 23 November 1946404,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 23, 1946, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
404,377 km251,268 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1946 is on Saturday, November 9, 1946 at 07:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 15, 194622:35
New Moon (this day)Saturday, November 23, 194617:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 1, 194621:48

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Saturday, November 23, 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.