Skip to content
MoonPhaseToday

Moon phases December 1948

First quarter
Wed 08 Dec
13:58 UTC
Full · Cold
Thu 16 Dec
09:11 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 23 Dec
05:12 UTC
New moon
Thu 30 Dec
09:45 UTC

In December 1948 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Wednesday, December 8 at 13:58 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, December 16 at 09:11 UTC, the Last Quarter on Thursday, December 23 at 05:12 UTC and the New Moon on Thursday, December 30 at 09:45 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 02 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 03 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 04 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 05 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 06 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 07 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 08First Q First Quarter, 49% lit 49%13:58 09 Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%09:11 17 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 18 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 19 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 20 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 21 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 22 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 23Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%05:12 24 Waning Crescent, 36% lit 36% 25 Waning Crescent, 26% lit 26% 26 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 27 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 28 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 29 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 30New New Moon, 0% lit 0%09:45 31 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1%

Exact phase times

December 1948 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on December 8, the Full Moon on December 16, the Last Quarter on December 23 and the New Moon on December 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterWednesday, December 8, 194813:58
Full MoonThursday, December 16, 194809:11
Last QuarterThursday, December 23, 194805:12
New MoonThursday, December 30, 194809:45

Thursday, December 16, 1948: Cold Moon, 377,090 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1948

Twelve full moons, one blue

26 Jan Wolf Supermoon 24 Feb Snow Supermoon 25 Mar Worm Supermoon 23 Apr Pink partial eclipse 23 May Flower 21 Jun Straw­berry 21 Jul Buck Micromoon 19 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 18 Sept Harvest Micromoon 18 Oct Hunter’s penumbral eclipse 16 Nov Beaver 16 Dec Cold