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The Moon on Monday, April 21, 1952: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on April 21, 1952Waning Crescent

Monday 21 April 1952372,803 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 21, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
372,803 km231,649 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Monday, April 21, 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.