Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°
Moon age
1.1days
Moon phase on December 31, 1948Waxing Crescent
On Friday, December 31, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
393,854 km244,729 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 1948 is on Friday, January 14, 1949 at 22:00 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 30, 1948 at 09:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, December 30, 1948 | 09:45 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, January 7, 1949 | 11:52 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Friday, December 31, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 1948 to the new moon of January 29, 1949, a cycle of 29.71 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1948, or the whole moon calendar 1948.
- The same date one year apart: 1947 · 1949.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.