Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on October 4, 1952Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 October 1952368,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
368,815 km229,171 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 3, 195212:15
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 10, 195219:33

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 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.