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The Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on May 8, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 May 1952380,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 8, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
380,621 km236,507 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 24, 1952 at 07:27 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Thursday, May 8, 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.