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The Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on July 6, 1947Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 July 1947404,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 6, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
404,277 km251,206 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Sunday, July 6, 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.