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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1947Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 August 1947367,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
367,798 km228,539 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 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.