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The Moon on Friday, March 14, 1947: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Last Quarter at

18:28UTC

Moon phase on March 14, 1947Last Quarter

Friday 14 March 1947403,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 14, 1947, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
403,359 km250,636 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 7, 194703:15
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, March 14, 194718:28
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 22, 194716:34

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Friday, March 14, 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.