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The Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on July 8, 1947Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 July 1947399,073 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 8, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
399,073 km247,973 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Tuesday, July 8, 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.