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The Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on July 22, 1948Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 July 1948404,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 22, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
404,878 km251,579 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 21, 194802:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 29, 194806:12

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Thursday, July 22, 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.