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The Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1947: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

New Moon at

08:34UTC

Moon phase on January 22, 1947New Moon

Wednesday 22 January 1947402,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 22, 1947, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
402,214 km249,924 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 14, 194702:56
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 22, 194708:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 30, 194700:07

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Wednesday, January 22, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1947 to the new moon of February 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.73 days.