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The Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on December 14, 1947Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 December 1947403,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 14, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
403,502 km250,725 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 1947 at 12:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Sunday, December 14, 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.