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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on August 29, 1945Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 August 1945370,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.6% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
370,203 km230,033 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 1945 at 13:44 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 23, 194512:03
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 30, 194503:44

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.