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The Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on November 26, 1946Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 November 1946406,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 26, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
406,225 km252,417 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 23, 194617:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 1, 194621:48

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Tuesday, November 26, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 1946 to the new moon of December 23, 1946, a cycle of 29.82 days.