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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on December 20, 1952Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 December 1952365,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
365,510 km227,117 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1952 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 17, 195202:03
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 23, 195219:52

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1952 to the new moon of January 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.50 days.