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The Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on September 2, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 September 1952358,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 2, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
358,870 km222,991 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 28, 195212:03
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 4, 195203:19

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Tuesday, September 2, 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.