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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 1952: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on August 18, 1952Waning Crescent

Monday 18 August 1952406,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
406,061 km252,314 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 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.