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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 1945: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 1945Waning Crescent

Monday 12 March 1945363,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
363,045 km225,586 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1945 is on Tuesday, February 27, 1945 at 00:07 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 14, 1945 at 03:51 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 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.