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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1952: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 1952Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 January 1952360,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,894 km224,249 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 20, 195206:09
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 26, 195222:26

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 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.