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The Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on December 11, 1946Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 December 1946362,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 11, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
362,574 km225,293 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 8, 194617:52
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 15, 194610:57

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Wednesday, December 11, 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.