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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1948Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 August 1948402,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
402,841 km250,314 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 19, 194817:32
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 27, 194818:46

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 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.