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The Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on August 12, 1945Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 August 1945402,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 12, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
402,762 km250,265 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 1945 at 00:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Sunday, August 12, 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.