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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on December 13, 1946Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 December 1946373,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
373,318 km231,969 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 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.