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The Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on January 29, 1947Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 January 1947377,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 29, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
377,932 km234,836 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Wednesday, January 29, 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.