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The Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on April 30, 1952Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 30 April 1952403,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 30, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
403,424 km250,676 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Wednesday, April 30, 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.