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The Moon on Friday, November 29, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on November 29, 1946Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 November 1946400,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 29, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
400,718 km248,994 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 29, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 29

More about this date

Friday, November 29, 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.