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The Moon on Friday, August 22, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 22, 1947Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 August 1947391,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 22, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
391,031 km242,975 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Friday, August 22, 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.