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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1952: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on October 15, 1952Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 October 1952402,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
402,524 km250,116 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 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.