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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on December 26, 1946Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 December 1946402,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
402,601 km250,164 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1946 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 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.