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The Moon on Sunday, August 10, 1947: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 10, 1947Waning Crescent

Sunday 10 August 1947375,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 10, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
375,042 km233,040 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 9, 194720:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 16, 194711:12

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Sunday, August 10, 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.