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The Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1952: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on March 22, 1952Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 March 1952365,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
365,582 km227,162 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Saturday, March 22, 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.