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The Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on July 24, 1948Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 July 1948405,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 24, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,865 km252,193 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Saturday, July 24, 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.