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The Moon on Sunday, July 27, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on July 27, 1952Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 July 1952399,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 27, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
399,332 km248,134 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Sunday, July 27, 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.