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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on December 31, 1947Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 31 December 1947364,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
364,122 km226,255 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1947 is on Saturday, December 27, 1947 at 20:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 1948 at 07:45 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 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.