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The Moon on Friday, June 20, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on June 20, 1947Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 June 1947358,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 20, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
358,875 km222,995 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Friday, June 20, 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.