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The Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 7, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 December 1946358,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 7, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
358,998 km223,071 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 23, 1946 at 17:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Saturday, December 7, 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.