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The Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1945: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on August 4, 1945Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 August 1945376,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 4, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
376,269 km233,803 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1945 is on Wednesday, July 25, 1945 at 02:26 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 1945 at 00:32 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 31, 194522:30
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 8, 194500:32

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Saturday, August 4, 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.