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The Moon on Friday, January 24, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on January 24, 1947Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 January 1947397,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 24, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
397,096 km246,744 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 22, 194708:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 30, 194700:07

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Friday, January 24, 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.