Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, November 12, 1948: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on November 12, 1948Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 November 1948402,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 12, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
402,553 km250,135 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 1, 1948 at 06:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, November 8, 194816:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 16, 194818:32

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Friday, November 12, 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.