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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on July 31, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 July 1952378,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
378,807 km235,380 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 30, 195201:51
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 5, 195219:40

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 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.