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The Moon on Monday, July 28, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on July 28, 1952Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 July 1952395,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 28, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.3% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
395,308 km245,633 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Monday, July 28, 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.