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The Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1945: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Last Quarter at

06:02UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 1945Last Quarter

Saturday 5 May 1945377,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 5, 1945, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
377,065 km234,297 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 27, 194510:33
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 5, 194506:02
New Moon (after)Friday, May 11, 194520:22

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Saturday, May 5, 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.