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The Moon on Friday, October 24, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 24, 1952Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 October 1952374,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 24, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
374,879 km232,939 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Friday, October 24, 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.