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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 October 1948400,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
400,176 km248,658 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 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.