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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1947: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 11, 1947Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 October 1947369,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
369,922 km229,859 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 7, 194710:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 14, 194706:10

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 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.