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The Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on December 14, 1946Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 December 1946379,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 14, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
379,379 km235,735 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Saturday, December 14, 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.