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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1947: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on December 10, 1947Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 December 1947392,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
392,584 km243,940 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1947 is on Friday, November 28, 1947 at 08:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 1947 at 12:53 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 5, 194700:55
New Moon (after)Friday, December 12, 194712:53

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 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.