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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 August 1948398,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
398,353 km247,525 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 11, 194819:40
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 19, 194817:32

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 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.