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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on May 15, 1945Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 May 1945376,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
376,750 km234,101 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 11, 194520:22
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 18, 194522:12

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.