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The Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1947: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Full Moon at

10:39UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 1947Full Moon

Thursday 3 July 1947406,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 3, 1947, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
406,167 km252,381 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 406,142 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 25, 194712:25
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, July 3, 194710:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 11, 194710:54

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Thursday, July 3, 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.