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The Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on June 24, 1952Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 June 1952404,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 24, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
404,787 km251,523 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1952 is on Monday, July 7, 1952 at 12:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 22, 1952 at 08:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 22, 195208:45
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 30, 195213:12

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Tuesday, June 24, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 1952 to the new moon of July 21, 1952, a cycle of 29.61 days.