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The Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on February 4, 1953Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 February 1953402,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 4, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
402,040 km249,816 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 29, 195323:44
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 7, 195304:09

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Wednesday, February 4, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1953 to the new moon of February 14, 1953, a cycle of 29.46 days.