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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on October 26, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 October 1947393,217 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
393,217 km244,334 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1947 is on Wednesday, October 29, 1947 at 20:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 1947 at 06:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 1947 to the new moon of November 12, 1947, a cycle of 29.58 days.