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The Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on November 2, 1947Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 November 1947369,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 2, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.8% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
369,522 km229,610 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1947 is on Wednesday, October 29, 1947 at 20:07 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 29, 194720:07
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 5, 194717:04

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Sunday, November 2, 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.