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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on August 8, 1947Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 August 1947385,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
385,094 km239,287 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 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.