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The Moon on Monday, April 26, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on April 26, 1948Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 April 1948387,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 26, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
387,228 km240,613 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 23, 194813:28
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 1, 194804:48

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Monday, April 26, 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.