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The Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1947: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Last Quarter at

10:29UTC

Moon phase on October 7, 1947Last Quarter

Tuesday 7 October 1947370,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 7, 1947, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
370,343 km230,121 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1947 is on Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at 06:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 1947 at 06:10 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 30, 194706:41
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 7, 194710:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 14, 194706:10

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Tuesday, October 7, 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.