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The Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1945: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Last Quarter at

22:30UTC

Moon phase on October 27, 1945Last Quarter

Saturday 27 October 1945381,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 27, 1945, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
381,790 km237,233 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 4, 1945 at 23:11 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 21, 194505:32
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 27, 194522:30
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 4, 194523:11

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Saturday, October 27, 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.