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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 August 1947403,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
403,882 km250,960 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 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.