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The Moon on Friday, April 11, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on April 11, 1947Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 April 1947403,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 11, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.5% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
403,536 km250,746 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Friday, April 11, 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.