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The Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1948: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Full Moon at

09:43UTC

Moon phase on September 18, 1948Full Moon

Saturday 18 September 1948404,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 18, 1948, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
404,770 km251,512 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 404,895 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 10, 194807:05
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, September 18, 194809:43
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 26, 194805:07

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Saturday, September 18, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 1948 to the new moon of October 2, 1948, a cycle of 29.35 days.