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The Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 1945Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 April 1945366,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 15, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
366,029 km227,440 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 12, 1945 at 12:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 12, 194512:30
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 19, 194507:46

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Sunday, April 15, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1945 to the new moon of May 11, 1945, a cycle of 29.33 days.