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The Moon on Friday, April 18, 1947: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on April 18, 1947Waning Crescent

Friday 18 April 1947384,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 18, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
384,924 km239,180 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1947 is on Saturday, April 5, 1947 at 15:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Friday, April 18, 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.