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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on January 31, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 January 1947369,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.6% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
369,230 km229,429 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 30, 194700:07
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 5, 194715:50

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 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.