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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1944Waning Gibbous

Thursday 11 May 1944379,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
379,366 km235,727 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 8, 194407:28
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 15, 194411:12

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1944 to the new moon of May 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.