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The Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on April 1, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 April 1947372,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 1, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
372,264 km231,314 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Tuesday, April 1, 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.