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The Moon on Friday, April 6, 1945: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on April 6, 1945Waning Crescent

Friday 6 April 1945381,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 6, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
381,535 km237,075 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 5, 194519:19
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 12, 194512:30

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Friday, April 6, 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.