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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on October 26, 1945Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 October 1945375,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
375,809 km233,517 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 4, 1945 at 23:11 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 21, 194505:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 27, 194522:30

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 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.