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The Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1945: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 8, 1945Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 July 1945373,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 8, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
373,375 km232,004 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1945 is on Monday, June 25, 1945 at 15:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 1945 at 13:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Sunday, July 8, 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.