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The Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1952: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on December 14, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 December 1952382,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 14, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
382,183 km237,477 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Sunday, December 14, 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.