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The Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1947: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on June 15, 1947Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 June 1947371,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
371,928 km231,105 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 11, 194722:58
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 18, 194721:26

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Sunday, June 15, 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.