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The Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 22, 1947Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 April 1947368,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 22, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
368,562 km229,014 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 21, 194704:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 27, 194722:18

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Tuesday, April 22, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1947 to the new moon of May 20, 1947, a cycle of 29.39 days.