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The Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 30, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 July 1947405,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 30, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
405,932 km252,234 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Wednesday, July 30, 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.