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The Moon on Friday, July 30, 1948: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on July 30, 1948Waning Crescent

Friday 30 July 1948385,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 30, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
385,760 km239,700 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 29, 194806:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 5, 194804:13

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Friday, July 30, 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.