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The Moon on Monday, August 25, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on August 25, 1952Waxing Crescent

Monday 25 August 1952394,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 25, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
394,512 km245,139 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Monday, August 25, 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.