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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1952: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

First Quarter at

04:04UTC

Moon phase on October 26, 1952First Quarter

Sunday 26 October 1952370,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1952, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.9% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
370,413 km230,164 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 18, 195222:42
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 26, 195204:04
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 1, 195223:10

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 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.