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The Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1952: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on February 24, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 February 1952360,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 24, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
360,555 km224,039 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Sunday, February 24, 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.