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The Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1952: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on December 11, 1952Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 December 1952397,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 11, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
397,226 km246,825 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Thursday, December 11, 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.