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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on May 7, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 May 1952385,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
385,444 km239,504 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 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.