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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on July 15, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 July 1948384,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
384,194 km238,727 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 13, 194811:30
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 21, 194802:31

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 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.