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The Moon on Friday, August 22, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on August 22, 1952Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 August 1952403,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
403,350 km250,630 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 20, 195215:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 28, 195212:03

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Friday, August 22, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1952 to the new moon of September 19, 1952, a cycle of 29.67 days.