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The Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on June 22, 1948Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 June 1948397,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 22, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
397,792 km247,176 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 21, 194812:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 29, 194815:23

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Tuesday, June 22, 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.