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The Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on October 23, 1948Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 October 1948380,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 23, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
380,658 km236,530 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 18, 194802:24
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 25, 194813:42

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Saturday, October 23, 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.