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The Moon on Friday, October 3, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 3, 1947Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 October 1947378,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 3, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
378,815 km235,385 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1947 is on Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at 06:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 1947 at 06:10 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 30, 194706:41
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 7, 194710:29

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Friday, October 3, 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.