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The Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on June 17, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 June 1948381,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 17, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
381,003 km236,744 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Thursday, June 17, 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.