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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 1945: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on October 5, 1945Waning Crescent

Friday 5 October 1945403,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
403,242 km250,563 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1945 is on Friday, September 21, 1945 at 20:46 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 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.