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The Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1945: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on June 6, 1945Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 June 1945364,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 6, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
364,639 km226,576 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 10, 1945 at 04:26 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 3, 194513:15
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 10, 194504:26

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Wednesday, June 6, 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.