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The Moon on Monday, December 24, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on December 24, 1945Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 December 1945390,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 24, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.9% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
390,752 km242,802 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1945 is on Wednesday, December 19, 1945 at 02:17 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 3, 1946 at 12:30 UTC, 10 days later.

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Monday, December 24, 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.