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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1952: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on October 12, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 October 1952404,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.4% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
404,311 km251,227 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 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.