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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on August 14, 1945Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 August 1945404,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
404,545 km251,372 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 1945 at 00:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 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.