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The Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1948: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on April 3, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 April 1948404,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 3, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.0% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
404,852 km251,563 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1948 is on Thursday, March 25, 1948 at 03:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 9, 1948 at 13:17 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 1, 194810:25
New Moon (after)Friday, April 9, 194813:17

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Saturday, April 3, 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.