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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on July 23, 1948Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 July 1948405,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
405,767 km252,132 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 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.