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The Moon on Friday, November 7, 1947: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on November 7, 1947Waning Crescent

Friday 7 November 1947373,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 7, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
373,193 km231,891 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 7, 1947 is on Wednesday, October 29, 1947 at 20:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 5, 194717:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 12, 194720:01

The Moon around November 7

More about this date

Friday, November 7, 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.