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The Moon on Monday, March 31, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on March 31, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 March 1947371,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 31, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
371,011 km230,536 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Monday, March 31, 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.