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The Moon on Monday, August 4, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on August 4, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 August 1952358,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 4, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
358,827 km222,965 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 21, 1952 at 23:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Monday, August 4, 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.