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The Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1945: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on September 5, 1945Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 September 1945394,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 5, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
394,352 km245,039 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 1945 at 13:44 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 30, 194503:44
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 6, 194513:44

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Wednesday, September 5, 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.