Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°
Moon age
0.7days
Moon phase on December 5, 1945Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, December 5, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
401,590 km249,536 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 5, 1945 is on Wednesday, December 19, 1945 at 02:17 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 1945 at 18:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, December 4, 1945 | 18:07 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, December 12, 1945 | 11:05 |
The Moon around December 5
More about this date
Wednesday, December 5, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 1945 to the new moon of January 3, 1946, a cycle of 29.77 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1945, or the whole moon calendar 1945.
- The same date one year apart: 1944 · 1946.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.