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The Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1952: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on December 13, 1952Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 December 1952387,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 13, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
387,560 km240,818 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Saturday, December 13, 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.