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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on October 12, 1945Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 October 1945399,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
399,224 km248,066 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 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.