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The Moon on Friday, July 18, 1952: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on July 18, 1952Waning Crescent

Friday 18 July 1952398,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.1% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
398,735 km247,762 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1952 is on Monday, July 7, 1952 at 12:33 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 14, 195203:42
New Moon (after)Monday, July 21, 195223:31

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Friday, July 18, 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.