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The Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on January 3, 1952Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 January 1952379,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 3, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
379,493 km235,806 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 195111:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 4, 195204:42

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Thursday, January 3, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1951 to the new moon of January 26, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.