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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 May 1947392,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
392,001 km243,578 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.