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The Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1944: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1944Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 October 1944405,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 15, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
405,917 km252,225 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1944 is on Monday, October 2, 1944 at 04:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Sunday, October 15, 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.