Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on April 3, 1945Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 April 1945396,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 3, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
396,939 km246,646 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1945 is on Wednesday, March 28, 1945 at 17:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 12, 1945 at 12:30 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 28, 194517:45
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 5, 194519:19

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Tuesday, April 3, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 1945 to the new moon of April 12, 1945, a cycle of 29.36 days.