Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1945: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

First Quarter at

11:05UTC

Moon phase on December 12, 1945First Quarter

Wednesday 12 December 1945375,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 1945, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
375,944 km233,600 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1945 is on Wednesday, December 19, 1945 at 02:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 1945 at 18:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 4, 194518:07
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 12, 194511:05
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 19, 194502:17

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 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.