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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1948: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 4, 1948Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 August 1948359,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
359,618 km223,456 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1948 is on Wednesday, July 21, 1948 at 02:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 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.