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The Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on April 12, 1947Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 April 1947404,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 12, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.5% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
404,231 km251,177 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Saturday, April 12, 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.