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The Moon on Friday, June 18, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on June 18, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 June 1948384,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 18, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
384,346 km238,821 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Friday, June 18, 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.