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The Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on December 15, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 December 1945363,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 15, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
363,790 km226,049 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1945 is on Wednesday, December 19, 1945 at 02:17 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 1945 at 18:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Saturday, December 15, 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.