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The Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on November 2, 1948Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 November 1948373,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 2, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
373,032 km231,791 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 1, 194806:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 8, 194816:47

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Tuesday, November 2, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 1, 1948 to the new moon of November 30, 1948, a cycle of 29.53 days.