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The Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on June 15, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 June 1948374,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 15, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
374,725 km232,843 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 14, 194805:40
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 21, 194812:54

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Tuesday, June 15, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1948 to the new moon of July 6, 1948, a cycle of 29.34 days.