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The Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on December 4, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 December 1946373,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 4, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
373,942 km232,357 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 1, 194621:48
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 8, 194617:52

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Wednesday, December 4, 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.