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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on July 17, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 July 1948392,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
392,126 km243,656 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 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.