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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on May 15, 1952Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 1952368,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.7% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
368,801 km229,162 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 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.