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The Moon on Monday, April 7, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on April 7, 1947Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 April 1947391,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 7, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
391,314 km243,151 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 5, 194715:29
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 13, 194714:23

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Monday, April 7, 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.