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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1947: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 1947Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 March 1947404,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
404,294 km251,216 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 14, 194718:28
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 22, 194716:34

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.