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The Moon on Friday, August 10, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on August 10, 1945Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 August 1945397,181 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 10, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
397,181 km246,796 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 1945 at 00:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 8, 194500:32
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 16, 194500:27

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Friday, August 10, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1945 to the new moon of September 6, 1945, a cycle of 29.55 days.