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The Moon on Saturday, June 7, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on June 7, 1947Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 June 1947405,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 7, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
405,630 km252,047 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 3, 194719:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 11, 194722:58

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Saturday, June 7, 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.