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The Moon on Friday, November 5, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on November 5, 1948Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 November 1948389,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 5, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
389,109 km241,781 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Friday, November 5, 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.