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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 1952: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on September 12, 1952Waning Crescent

Friday 12 September 1952400,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.6% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
400,199 km248,672 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 11, 195202:36
New Moon (after)Friday, September 19, 195207:22

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 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.