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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1952: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Last Quarter at

09:08UTC

Moon phase on April 17, 1952Last Quarter

Thursday 17 April 1952369,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 1952, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
369,942 km229,871 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 10, 195208:53
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 17, 195209:08
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 24, 195207:27

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 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.