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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 1947: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on January 17, 1947Waning Crescent

Friday 17 January 1947404,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
404,731 km251,488 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1947 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 14, 194702:56
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 22, 194708:34

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 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.