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The Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1947: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on March 18, 1947Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 March 1947399,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 18, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
399,728 km248,379 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Tuesday, March 18, 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.