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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on October 9, 1952Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 October 1952395,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.8% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
395,511 km245,759 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 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.