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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on January 6, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 January 1947357,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
357,353 km222,049 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1947 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 1946 at 13:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 31, 194612:23
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 7, 194704:47

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 1946 to the new moon of January 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.81 days.