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The Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1945: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on February 6, 1945Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 February 1945396,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 6, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
396,066 km246,104 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1945 is on Sunday, January 28, 1945 at 06:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 12, 1945 at 17:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 5, 194509:56
New Moon (after)Monday, February 12, 194517:33

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Tuesday, February 6, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1945 to the new moon of February 12, 1945, a cycle of 29.52 days.