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The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 1947Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 October 1947376,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
376,146 km233,726 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1947 is on Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at 06:41 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 1947 at 06:10 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 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.