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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on April 29, 1948Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 April 1948400,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.1% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
400,256 km248,707 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.