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The Moon on Friday, November 26, 1948: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on November 26, 1948Waning Crescent

Friday 26 November 1948369,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 26, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
369,309 km229,478 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 30, 1948 at 18:45 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Friday, November 26, 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.