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The Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1946: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 18, 1946Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 December 1946399,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 18, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
399,282 km248,102 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1946 is on Sunday, December 8, 1946 at 17:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 15, 194610:57
New Moon (after)Monday, December 23, 194613:06

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Wednesday, December 18, 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.