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The Moon on Friday, September 26, 1952: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

First Quarter at

20:31UTC

Moon phase on September 26, 1952First Quarter

Friday 26 September 1952375,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 26, 1952, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
375,955 km233,608 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 19, 195207:22
First Quarter (this day)Friday, September 26, 195220:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 3, 195212:15

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Friday, September 26, 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.