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The Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1947: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

New Moon at

21:26UTC

Moon phase on June 18, 1947New Moon

Wednesday 18 June 1947359,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 18, 1947, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
359,163 km223,174 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 11, 194722:58
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, June 18, 194721:26
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 25, 194712:25

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Wednesday, June 18, 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.