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The Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on November 15, 1947Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 November 1947398,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
398,391 km247,548 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Saturday, November 15, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 1947 to the new moon of December 12, 1947, a cycle of 29.70 days.