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The Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1948: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Last Quarter at

21:22UTC

Moon phase on November 23, 1948Last Quarter

Tuesday 23 November 1948371,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 23, 1948, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.6% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
371,061 km230,566 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 30, 1948 at 18:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, November 16, 194818:32
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 23, 194821:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 30, 194818:45

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Tuesday, November 23, 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.