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The Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on December 13, 1947Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 December 1947401,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 13, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
401,337 km249,379 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 1947 at 12:53 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 12, 194712:53
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 20, 194717:44

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Saturday, December 13, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1947 to the new moon of January 11, 1948, a cycle of 29.79 days.