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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1947: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1947Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 May 1947394,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
394,599 km245,193 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 13, 194708:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 194713:44

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 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.