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The Moon on Monday, December 15, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on December 15, 1947Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 December 1947405,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
405,041 km251,681 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 1947 at 12:53 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Monday, December 15, 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.