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The Moon on Sunday, November 28, 1948: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on November 28, 1948Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 November 1948371,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 28, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
371,595 km230,898 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1948 is on Tuesday, November 16, 1948 at 18:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 30, 1948 at 18:45 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Sunday, November 28, 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.