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The Moon on Monday, October 20, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on October 20, 1952Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 October 1952386,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
386,856 km240,381 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 18, 195222:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 26, 195204:04

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Monday, October 20, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 1952 to the new moon of November 17, 1952, a cycle of 29.59 days.