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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on December 18, 1947Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 December 1947404,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
404,167 km251,138 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 1947 at 12:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 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.