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The Moon on Monday, July 28, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 28, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 July 1947403,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 28, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
403,036 km250,435 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Monday, July 28, 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.