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The Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on December 25, 1946Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 December 1946404,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 25, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
404,532 km251,365 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1946 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 23, 194613:06
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 31, 194612:23

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Wednesday, December 25, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 1946 to the new moon of January 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.81 days.