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The Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1952: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

First Quarter at

20:02UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 1952First Quarter

Saturday 2 February 1952389,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 2, 1952, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
389,575 km242,071 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 26, 195222:26
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 2, 195220:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 11, 195200:28

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Saturday, February 2, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1952 to the new moon of February 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.