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The Moon on Monday, January 20, 1947: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on January 20, 1947Waning Crescent

Monday 20 January 1947405,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 20, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
405,421 km251,917 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1947 is on Tuesday, January 7, 1947 at 04:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Monday, January 20, 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.