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The Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on August 3, 1947Waning Gibbous

Sunday 3 August 1947402,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 3, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
402,600 km250,164 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 2, 194701:50
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 9, 194720:22

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Sunday, August 3, 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.