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The Moon on Monday, March 24, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on March 24, 1947Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 March 1947376,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 24, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
376,997 km234,255 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 22, 194716:34
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 29, 194716:15

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Monday, March 24, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 1947 to the new moon of April 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.49 days.