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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1944: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

New Moon at

05:35UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 1944New Moon

Tuesday 17 October 1944403,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 1944, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
403,251 km250,569 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1944 is on Tuesday, October 31, 1944 at 13:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 9, 194401:12
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, October 17, 194405:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 24, 194422:48

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 17, 1944 to the new moon of November 15, 1944, a cycle of 29.70 days.