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The Moon on Friday, April 18, 1952: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 1952Waning Crescent

Friday 18 April 1952369,759 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 18, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,759 km229,757 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 17, 195209:08
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 24, 195207:27

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Friday, April 18, 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.