New moon dates 1947
- 1947: 12 × new moon — 22 January 1947, 21 February 1947, 22 March 1947, 21 April 1947, 20 May 1947, 19 June 1947, 18 July 1947, 16 August 1947, 14 September 1947, 14 October 1947, 12 November 1947, 12 December 1947.
New moon dates 1947
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 22 Jan | 08:33 | passed |
| Fri 21 Feb | 01:59 | passed |
| Sat 22 Mar | 16:33 | passed |
| Mon 21 Apr | 04:18 | passed |
| Tue 20 May | 13:42 | passed |
| Thu 19 Jun | 21:25 | passed |
| Fri 18 Jul | 04:14 | passed |
| Sat 16 Aug | 11:11 | passed |
| Sun 14 Sep | 19:27 | passed |
| Tue 14 Oct | 06:09 | passed |
| Wed 12 Nov | 20:00 | passed |
| Fri 12 Dec | 12:52 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.