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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 1952: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on April 23, 1952Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 April 1952378,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
378,386 km235,118 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1952 is on Thursday, April 10, 1952 at 08:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 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.