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The Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on August 3, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 August 1952362,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 3, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
362,235 km225,082 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Sunday, August 3, 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.