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The Moon on Monday, December 30, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on December 30, 1946Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 December 1946387,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 30, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
387,627 km240,860 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1946 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Monday, December 30, 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.