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The Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on November 26, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 November 1947375,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 26, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
375,854 km233,545 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 12, 1947 at 20:01 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Wednesday, November 26, 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.