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The Moon on Saturday, June 19, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on June 19, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 June 1948387,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 19, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
387,769 km240,948 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Saturday, June 19, 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.