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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

December 1948 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for December 1948, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Dec 1New Moon0%
Dec 2Waxing Crescent2%
Dec 3Waxing Crescent6%
Dec 4Waxing Crescent12%
Dec 5Waxing Crescent19%
Dec 6Waxing Crescent28%
Dec 7Waxing Crescent37%
Dec 8Waxing Crescent46%
Dec 9Waxing Gibbous55%
Dec 10Waxing Gibbous65%
Dec 11Waxing Gibbous73%
Dec 12Waxing Gibbous81%
Dec 13Waxing Gibbous89%
Dec 14Waxing Gibbous94%
Dec 15Waxing Gibbous98%
Dec 16Full Moon100%
Dec 17Full Moon99%
Dec 18Waning Gibbous96%
Dec 19Waning Gibbous90%
Dec 20Waning Gibbous83%
Dec 21Waning Gibbous73%
Dec 22Waning Gibbous62%
Dec 23Waning Gibbous51%
Dec 24Waning Crescent40%
Dec 25Waning Crescent29%
Dec 26Waning Crescent20%
Dec 27Waning Crescent12%
Dec 28Waning Crescent6%
Dec 29Waning Crescent2%
Dec 30New Moon0%
Dec 31New Moon1%
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