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The Moon on Tuesday, April 29, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on April 29, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 April 1947375,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 29, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
375,745 km233,477 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 27, 194722:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 5, 194704:53

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Tuesday, April 29, 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.