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The Moon on Tuesday, July 13, 1948: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

First Quarter at

11:30UTC

Moon phase on July 13, 1948First Quarter

Tuesday 13 July 1948375,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 13, 1948, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
375,355 km233,235 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 6, 194821:09
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 13, 194811:30
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 21, 194802:31

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Tuesday, July 13, 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.