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The Moon on Monday, May 15, 1944: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Last Quarter at

11:12UTC

Moon phase on May 15, 1944Last Quarter

Monday 15 May 1944370,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 15, 1944, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
370,248 km230,061 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 8, 194407:28
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, May 15, 194411:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 22, 194406:13

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Monday, May 15, 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.