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The Moon on Friday, March 19, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on March 19, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 March 1948370,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 19, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
370,713 km230,350 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1948 is on Thursday, March 25, 1948 at 03:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 at 21:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 18, 194812:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 25, 194803:10

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Friday, March 19, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 1948 to the new moon of April 9, 1948, a cycle of 29.67 days.