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The Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1945: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 6, 1945Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 May 1945371,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 6, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
371,966 km231,129 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 5, 194506:02
New Moon (after)Friday, May 11, 194520:22

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Sunday, May 6, 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.