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The Moon on Friday, May 4, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on May 4, 1945Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 May 1945382,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 4, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
382,167 km237,468 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 27, 194510:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 5, 194506:02

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Friday, May 4, 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.