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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1947: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 15, 1947Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 May 1947389,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.2% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
389,442 km241,988 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 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.