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The Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on July 3, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 July 1952377,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 3, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
377,606 km234,634 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1952 is on Monday, July 7, 1952 at 12:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 22, 1952 at 08:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 30, 195213:12
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 7, 195212:33

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Thursday, July 3, 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.