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The Moon on Friday, May 11, 1945: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

New Moon at

20:22UTC

Moon phase on May 11, 1945New Moon

Friday 11 May 1945359,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 11, 1945, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
359,653 km223,478 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 5, 194506:02
New Moon (this day)Friday, May 11, 194520:22
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 18, 194522:12

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Friday, May 11, 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.