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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1947: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Full Moon at

15:29UTC

Moon phase on April 5, 1947Full Moon

Saturday 5 April 1947383,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 1947, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
383,226 km238,125 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 383,784 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 29, 194716:15
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, April 5, 194715:29
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 13, 194714:23

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 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.