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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 1947: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on September 12, 1947Waning Crescent

Friday 12 September 1947363,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
363,606 km225,934 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 1947 at 19:28 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 8, 194703:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 14, 194719:28

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 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.