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The Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1948: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on December 25, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 December 1948374,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 25, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
374,976 km232,999 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1948 is on Thursday, December 16, 1948 at 09:11 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 30, 1948 at 09:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 23, 194805:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 30, 194809:45

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Saturday, December 25, 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.