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The Moon on Friday, November 2, 1945: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on November 2, 1945Waning Crescent

Friday 2 November 1945405,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 2, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
405,046 km251,684 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 4, 1945 at 23:11 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 27, 194522:30
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 4, 194523:11

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Friday, November 2, 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.