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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on May 24, 1947Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 May 1947364,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
364,902 km226,740 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 194713:44
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 27, 194704:36

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1947 to the new moon of June 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.32 days.