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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1952: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on December 10, 1952Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 December 1952400,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
400,808 km249,050 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 9, 195213:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 17, 195202:03

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 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.