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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on December 6, 1945Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 December 1945399,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
399,091 km247,984 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1945 is on Wednesday, December 19, 1945 at 02:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 1945 at 18:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 4, 194518:07
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 12, 194511:05

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 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.