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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 11, 1947Waning Gibbous

Sunday 11 May 1947404,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
404,087 km251,088 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 5, 194704:53
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 13, 194708:08

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 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.