# Full Moon Calendar 1948

> There are 12 Full Moons and 13 New Moons in 1948. The first Full Moon is the Wolf Moon on January 26 in Leo, and the last is the Cold Moon on December 16 in Gemini. There is no Blue Moon in 1948. The Harvest Moon is on September 18. Two Full Moons are also a lunar eclipse: April 23 (Partial Lunar Eclipse) and October 18 (Penumbral Lunar Eclipse). Dates are in UTC; Moon names follow the US Eastern calendar month.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1948

## Full Moons

| Date (UTC) | Name | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1948-01-26 07:11 UTC | Wolf Moon | 5°15' Leo |  |
| 1948-02-24 17:16 UTC | Snow Moon | 5°01' Virgo |  |
| 1948-03-25 03:10 UTC | Worm Moon | 4°23' Libra |  |
| 1948-04-23 13:28 UTC | Pink Moon | 3°17' Scorpio | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
| 1948-05-23 00:37 UTC | Flower Moon | 1°47' Sagittarius |  |
| 1948-06-21 12:54 UTC | Strawberry Moon | 0°02' Capricorn |  |
| 1948-07-21 02:31 UTC | Buck Moon | 28°13' Capricorn |  |
| 1948-08-19 17:32 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 26°36' Aquarius |  |
| 1948-09-18 09:43 UTC | Harvest Moon | 25°22' Pisces |  |
| 1948-10-18 02:24 UTC | Hunter's Moon | 24°37' Aries | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 1948-11-16 18:32 UTC | Beaver Moon | 24°19' Taurus |  |
| 1948-12-16 09:11 UTC | Cold Moon | 24°20' Gemini |  |

## New Moons

| Date (UTC) | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1948-01-11 07:45 UTC | 20°00' Capricorn |  |
| 1948-02-10 03:02 UTC | 20°17' Aquarius |  |
| 1948-03-10 21:15 UTC | 20°13' Pisces |  |
| 1948-04-09 13:17 UTC | 19°36' Aries |  |
| 1948-05-09 02:30 UTC | 18°22' Taurus | Annular Solar Eclipse |
| 1948-06-07 12:56 UTC | 16°39' Gemini |  |
| 1948-07-06 21:09 UTC | 14°39' Cancer |  |
| 1948-08-05 04:13 UTC | 12°38' Leo |  |
| 1948-09-03 11:21 UTC | 10°51' Virgo |  |
| 1948-10-02 19:42 UTC | 9°30' Libra |  |
| 1948-11-01 06:03 UTC | 8°44' Scorpio | Total Solar Eclipse |
| 1948-11-30 18:45 UTC | 8°29' Sagittarius |  |
| 1948-12-30 09:45 UTC | 8°38' Capricorn |  |

## Questions

### When Are the Full Moons in 1948?

Wolf Moon: January 26, 1948 at 2:11 AM ET (07:11 UTC), in Leo; Snow Moon: February 24, 1948 at 12:16 PM ET (17:16 UTC), in Virgo; Worm Moon: March 24, 1948 at 10:10 PM ET (03:10 UTC on March 25), in Libra; Pink Moon: April 23, 1948 at 8:28 AM ET (13:28 UTC), in Scorpio; Flower Moon: May 22, 1948 at 8:37 PM ET (00:37 UTC on May 23), in Sagittarius; Strawberry Moon: June 21, 1948 at 8:54 AM ET (12:54 UTC), in Capricorn; Buck Moon: July 20, 1948 at 10:31 PM ET (02:31 UTC on July 21), in Capricorn; Sturgeon Moon: August 19, 1948 at 1:32 PM ET (17:32 UTC), in Aquarius; Harvest Moon: September 18, 1948 at 5:43 AM ET (09:43 UTC), in Pisces; Hunter's Moon: October 17, 1948 at 9:24 PM ET (02:24 UTC on October 18), in Aries; Beaver Moon: November 16, 1948 at 1:32 PM ET (18:32 UTC), in Taurus; Cold Moon: December 16, 1948 at 4:11 AM ET (09:11 UTC), in Gemini.

### When Are the New Moons in 1948?

January 11, 1948 at 2:45 AM ET (07:45 UTC), in Capricorn; February 9, 1948 at 10:02 PM ET (03:02 UTC on February 10), in Aquarius; March 10, 1948 at 4:15 PM ET (21:15 UTC), in Pisces; April 9, 1948 at 8:17 AM ET (13:17 UTC), in Aries; May 8, 1948 at 10:30 PM ET (02:30 UTC on May 9), in Taurus; June 7, 1948 at 8:56 AM ET (12:56 UTC), in Gemini; July 6, 1948 at 5:09 PM ET (21:09 UTC), in Cancer; August 5, 1948 at 12:13 AM ET (04:13 UTC), in Leo; September 3, 1948 at 7:21 AM ET (11:21 UTC), in Virgo; October 2, 1948 at 2:42 PM ET (19:42 UTC), in Libra; November 1, 1948 at 1:03 AM ET (06:03 UTC), in Scorpio; November 30, 1948 at 1:45 PM ET (18:45 UTC), in Sagittarius; December 30, 1948 at 4:45 AM ET (09:45 UTC), in Capricorn.

### Is There a Blue Moon in 1948?

No. No calendar month in 1948 has two Full Moons in US Eastern time.

### When Is the Harvest Moon in 1948?

The Harvest Moon, the Full Moon nearest the September equinox, is on September 18, 1948 at 5:43 AM ET (09:43 UTC), in Pisces.

### Where Do the Full Moon Names Come From?

The names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold) are traditional North American names popularized by farmers' almanacs. They belong to the month, not to the zodiac sign the Moon is in.

### Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1948). Free to cite with a link to the source page.