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The Moon on Monday, June 23, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on June 23, 1947Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 June 1947370,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 23, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
370,256 km230,066 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Monday, June 23, 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.