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The Moon on Monday, December 15, 1952: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on December 15, 1952Waning Crescent

Monday 15 December 1952377,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 15, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
377,001 km234,258 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Monday, December 15, 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.