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The Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on November 20, 1952Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 November 1952372,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
372,479 km231,448 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 17, 1952 at 12:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 17, 195212:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 24, 195211:34

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Thursday, November 20, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 17, 1952 to the new moon of December 17, 1952, a cycle of 29.55 days.