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The Moon on Thursday, June 19, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

29.9days

Moon phase on June 19, 1947Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 June 1947358,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 19, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
358,083 km222,503 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 18, 194721:26
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 25, 194712:25

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Thursday, June 19, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 1947 to the new moon of July 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.28 days.