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The Moon on Sunday, November 16, 1952: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on November 16, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 November 1952385,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 16, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
385,411 km239,483 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 17, 1952 at 12:56 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Sunday, November 16, 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.