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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

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Moon phase on May 24, 1952Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 May 1952394,480 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
394,480 km245,119 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1952 is on Friday, May 9, 1952 at 20:16 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 23, 195219:28
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 31, 195221:47

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1952 to the new moon of June 22, 1952, a cycle of 29.55 days.