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The Moon on Friday, May 14, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on May 14, 1948Waxing Crescent

Friday 14 May 1948370,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 14, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
370,099 km229,969 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1948 is on Sunday, May 23, 1948 at 00:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 9, 194802:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 16, 194800:55

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Friday, May 14, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1948 to the new moon of June 7, 1948, a cycle of 29.43 days.