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The Moon on Friday, April 30, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on April 30, 1948Waning Gibbous

Friday 30 April 1948402,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 30, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
402,824 km250,303 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Friday, April 30, 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.