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The Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on July 22, 1952Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 July 1952406,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
406,145 km252,367 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 21, 195223:31
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 30, 195201:51

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Tuesday, July 22, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 21, 1952 to the new moon of August 20, 1952, a cycle of 29.66 days.