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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 1947Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 March 1947371,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
371,080 km230,578 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 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.