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The Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on November 18, 1947Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 November 1947404,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 18, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
404,670 km251,450 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Tuesday, November 18, 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.