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The Moon on Monday, October 11, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on October 11, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 October 1948402,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 11, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
402,339 km250,002 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 9, 194822:10
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 18, 194802:24

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Monday, October 11, 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.