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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 1952Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 April 1952370,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
370,619 km230,292 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 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.