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The Moon on Friday, July 4, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on July 4, 1947Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 July 1947406,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 4, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
406,255 km252,435 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 3, 194710:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 11, 194710:54

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Friday, July 4, 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.