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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1952: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on October 11, 1952Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 October 1952402,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
402,573 km250,147 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 10, 195219:33
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 18, 195222:42

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 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.