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The Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on March 26, 1947Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 March 1947372,414 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 26, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
372,414 km231,408 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Wednesday, March 26, 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.