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The Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1952: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on March 20, 1952Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 March 1952368,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
368,476 km228,961 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 19, 195202:40
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 25, 195220:13

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Thursday, March 20, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1952 to the new moon of March 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.46 days.