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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1946: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Last Quarter at

10:57UTC

Moon phase on December 15, 1946Last Quarter

Sunday 15 December 1946385,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 1946, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
385,289 km239,407 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 8, 194617:52
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 15, 194610:57
New Moon (after)Monday, December 23, 194613:06

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 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.