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The Moon on Monday, October 13, 1947: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 13, 1947Waning Crescent

Monday 13 October 1947374,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 13, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
374,713 km232,836 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1947 is on Tuesday, September 30, 1947 at 06:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 1947 at 06:10 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Monday, October 13, 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.