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The Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on May 17, 1945Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 May 1945388,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 17, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
388,857 km241,624 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Thursday, May 17, 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.