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The Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1952: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on April 22, 1952Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 April 1952375,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
375,235 km233,160 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Tuesday, April 22, 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.