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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on April 27, 1952Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 April 1952394,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
394,855 km245,351 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 24, 195207:27
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 2, 195203:58

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1952 to the new moon of May 23, 1952, a cycle of 29.50 days.