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The Moon on Sunday, November 16, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on November 16, 1947Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 November 1947401,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 16, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
401,343 km249,383 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Sunday, November 16, 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.