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The Moon on Sunday, June 29, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on June 29, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 June 1947399,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 29, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
399,111 km247,996 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 25, 194712:25
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 3, 194710:39

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Sunday, June 29, 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.