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The Moon on Sunday, July 13, 1947: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on July 13, 1947Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 July 1947373,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 13, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
373,301 km231,958 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 11, 194710:54
New Moon (after)Friday, July 18, 194704:15

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Sunday, July 13, 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.