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The Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1948: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

First Quarter at

19:40UTC

Moon phase on August 11, 1948First Quarter

Wednesday 11 August 1948379,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 11, 1948, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
379,755 km235,968 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 5, 194804:13
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 11, 194819:40
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 19, 194817:32

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Wednesday, August 11, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 1948 to the new moon of September 3, 1948, a cycle of 29.30 days.