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The Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on April 28, 1948Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 April 1948396,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 28, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
396,619 km246,447 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Wednesday, April 28, 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.