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The Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1947: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 19, 1947Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 March 1947396,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 19, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
396,283 km246,239 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Wednesday, March 19, 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.