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The Moon on Friday, October 31, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on October 31, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 October 1952370,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 31, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
370,135 km229,991 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 18, 1952 at 22:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 26, 195204:04
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 1, 195223:10

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Friday, October 31, 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.