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The Moon on Thursday, July 24, 1947: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

First Quarter at

22:54UTC

Moon phase on July 24, 1947First Quarter

Thursday 24 July 1947386,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 24, 1947, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
386,142 km239,937 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 18, 194704:15
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 24, 194722:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 2, 194701:50

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Thursday, July 24, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 1947 to the new moon of August 16, 1947, a cycle of 29.29 days.