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The Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on July 15, 1945Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 July 1945401,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 15, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
401,687 km249,597 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1945 is on Wednesday, July 25, 1945 at 02:26 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 1945 at 13:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 9, 194513:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 17, 194507:01

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Sunday, July 15, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1945 to the new moon of August 8, 1945, a cycle of 29.46 days.