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The Moon on Saturday, July 10, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on July 10, 1948Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 July 1948363,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 10, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
363,934 km226,138 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 6, 194821:09
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 13, 194811:30

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Saturday, July 10, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 1948 to the new moon of August 5, 1948, a cycle of 29.29 days.