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The Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1952: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on August 14, 1952Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 August 1952396,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 14, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
396,445 km246,340 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 12, 195213:27
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 20, 195215:20

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Thursday, August 14, 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.