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The Moon on Friday, March 21, 1947: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on March 21, 1947Waning Crescent

Friday 21 March 1947388,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 21, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
388,125 km241,170 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Friday, March 21, 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.