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The Moon on Thursday, July 24, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on July 24, 1952Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 July 1952405,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 24, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
405,889 km252,208 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Thursday, July 24, 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.