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The Moon on Saturday, November 27, 1948: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on November 27, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 November 1948370,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 27, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
370,028 km229,925 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 30, 1948 at 18:45 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Saturday, November 27, 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.