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The Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on November 20, 1948Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 November 1948376,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 20, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
376,765 km234,111 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 30, 1948 at 18:45 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, November 16, 194818:32
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 23, 194821:22

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Saturday, November 20, 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.