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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on May 25, 1952Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 May 1952397,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
397,779 km247,168 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1952 is on Sunday, June 8, 1952 at 05:07 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 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.