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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on August 17, 1947Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 August 1947363,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
363,423 km225,821 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 16, 194711:12
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 23, 194712:40

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 1947 to the new moon of September 14, 1947, a cycle of 29.34 days.