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The Moon on Friday, March 9, 1945: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 9, 1945Waning Crescent

Friday 9 March 1945380,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 9, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
380,035 km236,143 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1945 is on Tuesday, February 27, 1945 at 00:07 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 14, 1945 at 03:51 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 7, 194504:30
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 14, 194503:51

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Friday, March 9, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1945 to the new moon of March 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.43 days.