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The Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1945: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Last Quarter at

12:48UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 1945Last Quarter

Saturday 6 January 1945404,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 6, 1945, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
404,139 km251,120 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1945 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 14, 1945 at 05:07 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 29, 194414:38
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 6, 194512:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 14, 194505:07

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Saturday, January 6, 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.