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The Moon on Friday, December 3, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on December 3, 1948Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 December 1948390,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 3, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
390,524 km242,661 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1948 is on Thursday, December 16, 1948 at 09:11 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 30, 1948 at 18:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 30, 194818:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 8, 194813:58

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Friday, December 3, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1948 to the new moon of December 30, 1948, a cycle of 29.63 days.