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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on August 1, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 August 1952372,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
372,717 km231,596 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 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.