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The Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on September 21, 1952Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 September 1952394,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 21, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
394,990 km245,435 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Sunday, September 21, 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.