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The Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on September 20, 1952Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 September 1952397,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
397,991 km247,300 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 19, 195207:22
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 26, 195220:31

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Saturday, September 20, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1952 to the new moon of October 18, 1952, a cycle of 29.64 days.