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The Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on October 3, 1948Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 October 1948362,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 3, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
362,314 km225,132 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 2, 194819:42
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 9, 194822:10

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Sunday, October 3, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1948 to the new moon of November 1, 1948, a cycle of 29.43 days.