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The Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1952: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on August 19, 1952Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 August 1952406,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 19, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
406,391 km252,520 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1952 is on Tuesday, August 5, 1952 at 19:40 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Tuesday, August 19, 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.