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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 18, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 August 1948405,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
405,205 km251,782 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 5, 1948 at 04:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 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.