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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on December 25, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 December 1947369,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
369,133 km229,369 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 1947 at 12:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 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.