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The Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on September 28, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 September 1947396,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 28, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
396,010 km246,069 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1947 is on Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at 06:41 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 1947 at 19:28 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 22, 194705:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 30, 194706:41

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Sunday, September 28, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1947 to the new moon of October 14, 1947, a cycle of 29.45 days.