Waning · 98.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°
Moon age
16.3days
Moon phase on August 5, 1944Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, August 5, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
360,067 km223,735 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 5, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, August 4, 1944 | 12:39 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, August 11, 1944 | 02:52 |
The Moon around August 5
More about this date
Saturday, August 5, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1944 to the new moon of August 18, 1944, a cycle of 29.61 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1944, or the whole moon calendar 1944.
- The same date one year apart: 1943 · 1945.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.