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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on July 31, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 July 1947406,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
406,121 km252,352 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 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.