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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1952: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on May 20, 1952Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 May 1952380,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
380,817 km236,628 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 16, 195214:39
New Moon (after)Friday, May 23, 195219:28

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.