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The Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on January 25, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 January 1948357,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 25, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
357,407 km222,082 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 1948 at 07:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Sunday, January 25, 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.