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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on December 16, 1947Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 December 1947405,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.0% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
405,772 km252,135 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 1947 at 12:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 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.