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The Moon on Monday, February 2, 1948: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Last Quarter at

00:32UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 1948Last Quarter

Monday 2 February 1948388,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 2, 1948, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.2% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
388,514 km241,411 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 26, 194807:11
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, February 2, 194800:32
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 10, 194803:02

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Monday, February 2, 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.