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The Moon on Sunday, November 7, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on November 7, 1948Waxing Crescent

Sunday 7 November 1948398,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 7, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.7% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
398,528 km247,634 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 7, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 7

More about this date

Sunday, November 7, 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.