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The Moon on Monday, October 13, 1952: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on October 13, 1952Waning Crescent

Monday 13 October 1952404,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 13, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
404,814 km251,540 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1952 is on Friday, October 3, 1952 at 12:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Monday, October 13, 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.