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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 1952Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 December 1952368,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
368,861 km229,199 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1952 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 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.