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The Moon on Sunday, March 30, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on March 30, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 March 1947370,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 30, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.5% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
370,290 km230,088 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 29, 194716:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 5, 194715:29

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Sunday, March 30, 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.