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The Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on June 22, 1947Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 June 1947365,335 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 22, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
365,335 km227,009 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Sunday, June 22, 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.