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The Moon on Wednesday, November 24, 1948: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on November 24, 1948Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 November 1948369,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 24, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.2% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
369,949 km229,876 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 30, 1948 at 18:45 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Wednesday, November 24, 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.