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The Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on November 23, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 November 1947392,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 23, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
392,271 km243,746 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Sunday, November 23, 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.