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The Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on October 1, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 October 1952362,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 1, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
362,206 km225,064 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 19, 1952 at 07:22 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 26, 195220:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 3, 195212:15

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Wednesday, October 1, 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.