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The Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1952: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on November 12, 1952Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 November 1952401,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 12, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
401,058 km249,206 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 17, 1952 at 12:56 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 9, 195215:43
New Moon (after)Monday, November 17, 195212:56

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Wednesday, November 12, 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.