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The Moon on Monday, November 17, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on November 17, 1947Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 November 1947403,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 17, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
403,513 km250,731 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Monday, November 17, 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.