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The Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1948: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 1, 1948Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 July 1948390,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 1, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
390,924 km242,909 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Thursday, July 1, 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.