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The Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1948: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 July 1948379,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 3, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
379,436 km235,770 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Saturday, July 3, 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.