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The Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1947: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Last Quarter at

02:56UTC

Moon phase on January 14, 1947Last Quarter

Tuesday 14 January 1947394,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 14, 1947, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
394,838 km245,341 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1947 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 7, 194704:47
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 14, 194702:56
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 22, 194708:34

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Tuesday, January 14, 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.