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The Moon on Monday, October 18, 1948: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Full Moon at

02:24UTC

Moon phase on October 18, 1948Full Moon

Monday 18 October 1948397,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 18, 1948, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
397,441 km246,958 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Hunter's Moon, 398,576 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 9, 194822:10
Full Moon (this day)Monday, October 18, 194802:24
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 25, 194813:42

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Monday, October 18, 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.