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The Moon on Friday, April 25, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 25, 1947Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 April 1947366,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 25, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.4% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,939 km228,005 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Friday, April 25, 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.