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The Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on July 28, 1948Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 July 1948396,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 28, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.7% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
396,367 km246,291 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Wednesday, July 28, 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.