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The Moon on Friday, September 24, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on September 24, 1948Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 September 1948386,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 24, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
386,602 km240,223 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1948 is on Saturday, September 18, 1948 at 09:43 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 18, 194809:43
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 26, 194805:07

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Friday, September 24, 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.