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The Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1947: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on July 15, 1947Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 July 1947362,869 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
362,869 km225,476 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Tuesday, July 15, 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.