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The Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on July 9, 1947Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 July 1947395,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 9, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
395,179 km245,552 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Wednesday, July 9, 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.