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The Moon on Sunday, April 20, 1952: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 April 1952371,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
371,113 km230,599 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Sunday, April 20, 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.