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The Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on February 8, 1947Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 February 1947376,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 8, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
376,385 km233,875 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Saturday, February 8, 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.