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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on May 20, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 May 1948375,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
375,917 km233,584 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1948 is on Sunday, May 23, 1948 at 00:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 16, 194800:55
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 23, 194800:37

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 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.