Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1952: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 23, 1952Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 February 1952360,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 23, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
360,445 km223,970 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 18, 195218:01
New Moon (after)Monday, February 25, 195209:16

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Saturday, February 23, 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.