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The Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on October 10, 1945Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 October 1945404,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 10, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
404,761 km251,507 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Wednesday, October 10, 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.