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The Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on October 11, 1945Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 October 1945402,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 11, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
402,508 km250,107 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Thursday, October 11, 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.