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The Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1948: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Last Quarter at

10:25UTC

Moon phase on April 1, 1948Last Quarter

Thursday 1 April 1948400,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 1, 1948, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
400,588 km248,914 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1948 is on Thursday, March 25, 1948 at 03:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 9, 1948 at 13:17 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 25, 194803:10
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 1, 194810:25
New Moon (after)Friday, April 9, 194813:17

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Thursday, April 1, 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.