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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 August 1947405,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,074 km251,701 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 23, 194712:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 31, 194716:34

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.