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The Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on February 19, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 February 1948373,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 19, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
373,138 km231,857 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1948 is on Tuesday, February 24, 1948 at 17:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Thursday, February 19, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 1948 to the new moon of March 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.76 days.