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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1947: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 1947Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 August 1947365,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,616 km227,183 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1947 is on Saturday, August 2, 1947 at 01:50 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 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.