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The Moon on Monday, November 8, 1948: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

First Quarter at

16:47UTC

Moon phase on November 8, 1948First Quarter

Monday 8 November 1948401,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 8, 1948, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
401,796 km249,664 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 1, 194806:03
First Quarter (this day)Monday, November 8, 194816:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 16, 194818:32

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Monday, November 8, 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.