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The Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on November 23, 1952Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 November 1952370,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 23, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
370,045 km229,935 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 17, 1952 at 12:56 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Sunday, November 23, 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.