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The Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1952: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

First Quarter at

01:51UTC

Moon phase on July 30, 1952First Quarter

Wednesday 30 July 1952384,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 30, 1952, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.6% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
384,832 km239,124 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 21, 195223:31
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 30, 195201:51
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 5, 195219:40

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Wednesday, July 30, 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.