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The Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1945: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on October 4, 1945Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 October 1945401,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 4, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
401,010 km249,176 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1945 is on Friday, September 21, 1945 at 20:46 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 28, 194511:24
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 6, 194505:23

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Thursday, October 4, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 6, 1945 to the new moon of October 6, 1945, a cycle of 29.65 days.