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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on May 11, 1952Waning Gibbous

Sunday 11 May 1952369,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
369,809 km229,788 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 9, 195220:16
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 16, 195214:39

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 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.