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The Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1952: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on July 20, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 July 1952403,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
403,699 km250,847 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1952 is on Monday, July 7, 1952 at 12:33 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Sunday, July 20, 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.