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The Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1947: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on January 19, 1947Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 January 1947406,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 19, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
406,058 km252,312 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1947 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Sunday, January 19, 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.