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The Moon on Friday, March 21, 1952: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on March 21, 1952Waning Crescent

Friday 21 March 1952366,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 21, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.9% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,594 km227,791 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Friday, March 21, 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.