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The Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 7, 1945Waxing Crescent

Sunday 7 October 1945406,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 7, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
406,010 km252,283 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 6, 194505:23
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 14, 194509:38

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Sunday, October 7, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1945 to the new moon of November 4, 1945, a cycle of 29.74 days.