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The Moon on Monday, October 8, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 8, 1945Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 October 1945406,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 8, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
406,413 km252,533 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Monday, October 8, 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.