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The Moon on Friday, July 4, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on July 4, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 July 1952371,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 4, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
371,601 km230,902 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Friday, July 4, 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.