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The Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on May 1, 1952Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 May 1952404,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 1, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
404,150 km251,127 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Thursday, May 1, 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.