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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1948: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 August 1948380,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
380,933 km236,701 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1948 is on Thursday, August 19, 1948 at 17:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 3, 1948 at 11:21 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 27, 194818:46
New Moon (after)Friday, September 3, 194811:21

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.