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The Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 1948Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 June 1948400,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 23, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
400,625 km248,937 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Wednesday, June 23, 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.