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The Moon on Friday, November 21, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on November 21, 1952Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 November 1952371,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 21, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
371,014 km230,537 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 17, 1952 at 12:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Friday, November 21, 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.