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The Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on April 22, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 April 1948370,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 22, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
370,070 km229,951 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 9, 1948 at 13:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 16, 194819:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 23, 194813:28

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Thursday, April 22, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1948 to the new moon of May 9, 1948, a cycle of 29.55 days.