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The Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1948: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 30, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 October 1948364,234 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 30, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
364,234 km226,324 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 25, 194813:42
New Moon (after)Monday, November 1, 194806:03

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Saturday, October 30, 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.