New moon dates 1946
- 1946: 13 × new moon — 3 January 1946, 2 February 1946, 3 March 1946, 2 April 1946, 1 May 1946, 30 May 1946, 29 June 1946, 28 July 1946, 27 August 1946, 25 September 1946, 25 October 1946, 23 November 1946, 23 December 1946.
New moon dates 1946
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 3 Jan | 12:28 | passed |
| Sat 2 Feb | 04:42 | passed |
| Sun 3 Mar | 18:00 | passed |
| Tue 2 Apr | 04:36 | passed |
| Wed 1 May | 13:15 | passed |
| Thu 30 May | 20:48 | passed |
| Sat 29 Jun | 04:04 | passed |
| Sun 28 Jul | 11:52 | passed |
| Tue 27 Aug | 21:06 | passed |
| Wed 25 Sep | 08:44 | passed |
| Fri 25 Oct | 23:31 | passed |
| Sat 23 Nov | 17:23 | passed |
| Mon 23 Dec | 13:05 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.