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The Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1947: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on April 19, 1947Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 April 1947379,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 19, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
379,867 km236,038 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Saturday, April 19, 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.