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The Moon on Friday, September 5, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on September 5, 1952Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 September 1952362,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 5, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
362,867 km225,475 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Friday, September 5, 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.