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The Moon on Tuesday, July 1, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on July 1, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 July 1947403,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 1, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
403,994 km251,030 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Tuesday, July 1, 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.