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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on May 4, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 May 1952398,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
398,818 km247,814 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 2, 195203:58
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 9, 195220:16

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.