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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on July 23, 1952Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 July 1952406,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
406,381 km252,513 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 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.