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The Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on December 30, 1947Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 30 December 1947360,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 30, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
360,840 km224,216 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 1948 at 07:45 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 27, 194720:27
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 3, 194811:13

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Tuesday, December 30, 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.