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The Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on January 22, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 January 1948370,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 22, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
370,407 km230,160 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 1948 at 07:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 19, 194811:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 26, 194807:11

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Thursday, January 22, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1948 to the new moon of February 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.80 days.