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The Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on October 14, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 October 1948405,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 14, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,272 km251,824 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Thursday, October 14, 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.