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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1944: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 1944Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 August 1944383,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.4% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
383,466 km238,275 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1944 is on Friday, August 4, 1944 at 12:39 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 11, 194402:52
New Moon (after)Friday, August 18, 194420:25

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 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.