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The Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on November 22, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 November 1947396,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 22, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
396,991 km246,679 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 20, 194721:44
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 28, 194708:45

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Saturday, November 22, 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.