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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1948: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Last Quarter at

04:48UTC

Moon phase on May 1, 1948Last Quarter

Saturday 1 May 1948404,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1948, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.3% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
404,165 km251,136 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 23, 194813:28
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 1, 194804:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 9, 194802:30

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 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.