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The Moon on Sunday, July 11, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on July 11, 1948Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 July 1948367,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 11, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
367,092 km228,100 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Sunday, July 11, 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.