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The Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on October 22, 1944Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 October 1944387,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 22, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
387,735 km240,927 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1944 is on Tuesday, October 31, 1944 at 13:35 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 17, 194405:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 24, 194422:48

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Sunday, October 22, 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.