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The Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on August 11, 1945Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 August 1945400,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 11, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
400,337 km248,758 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 1945 at 00:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Saturday, August 11, 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.