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The Moon on Monday, June 21, 1948: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Full Moon at

12:54UTC

Moon phase on June 21, 1948Full Moon

Monday 21 June 1948394,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 21, 1948, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
394,600 km245,193 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Strawberry Moon, 394,726 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 14, 194805:40
Full Moon (this day)Monday, June 21, 194812:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 29, 194815:23

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Monday, June 21, 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.