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The Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1952: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on November 15, 1952Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 November 1952389,764 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 15, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
389,764 km242,188 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 17, 1952 at 12:56 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Saturday, November 15, 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.