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The Moon on Friday, January 5, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on January 5, 1945Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 January 1945404,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 5, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.8% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
404,381 km251,271 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1945 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 14, 1945 at 05:07 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 29, 194414:38
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 6, 194512:48

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Friday, January 5, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1944 to the new moon of January 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.61 days.