Waning · 99.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°
Full Moon at
00:37UTC
Moon phase on May 23, 1948Full Moon
On Sunday, May 23, 1948, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
386,279 km240,023 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 384,394 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 1948 is on Sunday, May 23, 1948 at 00:37 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, May 16, 1948 | 00:55 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, May 23, 1948 | 00:37 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 30, 1948 | 22:43 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Sunday, May 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1948, or the whole moon calendar 1948.
- The same date one year apart: 1947 · 1949.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.