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The Moon on Friday, April 11, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on April 11, 1952Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 April 1952381,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 11, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
381,512 km237,061 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 10, 195208:53
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 17, 195209:08

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Friday, April 11, 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.