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The Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1952: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on September 18, 1952Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 September 1952402,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 18, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
402,844 km250,316 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Thursday, September 18, 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.