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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1944: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 1944Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 October 1944404,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.0% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
404,279 km251,207 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1944 is on Monday, October 2, 1944 at 04:22 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 9, 194401:12
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 17, 194405:35

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1944 to the new moon of October 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.71 days.