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The Moon on Monday, August 16, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on August 16, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 August 1948401,342 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 16, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
401,342 km249,382 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Monday, August 16, 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.