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The Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 1947: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on April 15, 1947Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 April 1947398,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.3% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
398,782 km247,792 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 13, 194714:23
New Moon (after)Monday, April 21, 194704:19

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Tuesday, April 15, 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.