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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 1945: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on July 6, 1945Waning Crescent

Friday 6 July 1945369,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
369,103 km229,350 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1945 is on Monday, June 25, 1945 at 15:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 1945 at 13:35 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 2, 194518:13
New Moon (after)Monday, July 9, 194513:35

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 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.