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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on May 14, 1952Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 May 1952367,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.5% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
367,747 km228,507 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 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.