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The Moon on Sunday, June 8, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on June 8, 1947Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 June 1947404,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 8, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
404,576 km251,392 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Sunday, June 8, 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.