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The Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on April 1, 1952Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 1 April 1952401,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 1, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
401,158 km249,268 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 25, 195220:13
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 2, 195208:49

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Tuesday, April 1, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 1952 to the new moon of April 24, 1952, a cycle of 29.47 days.