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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on May 29, 1948Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 May 1948404,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.7% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
404,238 km251,182 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1948 is on Sunday, May 23, 1948 at 00:37 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 23, 194800:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 30, 194822:43

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 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.