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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1945: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on December 27, 1945Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 December 1945403,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
403,022 km250,426 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1945 is on Wednesday, December 19, 1945 at 02:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 3, 1946 at 12:30 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 26, 194508:00
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 3, 194612:30

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.