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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 April 1952402,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
402,567 km250,143 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 2, 195208:49
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 10, 195208:53

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 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.