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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on August 24, 1952Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 August 1952398,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
398,119 km247,379 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 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.