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The Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on March 13, 1947Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 March 1947401,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 13, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
401,154 km249,266 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Thursday, March 13, 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.