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The Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1948: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on June 30, 1948Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 June 1948395,886 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 30, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
395,886 km245,992 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 29, 194815:23
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 6, 194821:09

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Wednesday, June 30, 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.