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The Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 1947: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Full Moon at

04:47UTC

Moon phase on January 7, 1947Full Moon

Tuesday 7 January 1947358,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 7, 1947, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
358,211 km222,582 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 357,746 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1947 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 31, 194612:23
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, January 7, 194704:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 14, 194702:56

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Tuesday, January 7, 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.