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The Moon on Sunday, February 1, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on February 1, 1948Waning Gibbous

Sunday 1 February 1948382,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 1, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
382,733 km237,819 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 26, 194807:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 2, 194800:32

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Sunday, February 1, 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.