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The Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on March 9, 1947Waning Gibbous

Sunday 9 March 1947383,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 9, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
383,530 km238,314 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 7, 194703:15
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 14, 194718:28

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Sunday, March 9, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1947 to the new moon of March 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.61 days.