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The Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on June 21, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 June 1945402,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 21, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
402,893 km250,346 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1945 is on Monday, June 25, 1945 at 15:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 10, 1945 at 04:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 17, 194514:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 25, 194515:08

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Thursday, June 21, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 1945 to the new moon of July 9, 1945, a cycle of 29.38 days.