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The Moon on Monday, April 28, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on April 28, 1952Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 April 1952398,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 28, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
398,566 km247,658 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Monday, April 28, 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.