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The Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1947: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

New Moon at

20:01UTC

Moon phase on November 12, 1947New Moon

Wednesday 12 November 1947387,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 12, 1947, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
387,446 km240,748 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1947 is on Wednesday, October 29, 1947 at 20:07 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 5, 194717:04
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, November 12, 194720:01
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 20, 194721:44

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Wednesday, November 12, 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.