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The Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on June 20, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 June 1948391,216 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 20, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
391,216 km243,090 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Sunday, June 20, 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.