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The Moon on Friday, July 25, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on July 25, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 July 1947391,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 25, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
391,631 km243,348 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 24, 194722:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 2, 194701:50

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Friday, July 25, 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.