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The Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1953: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on February 11, 1953Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 February 1953365,073 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 11, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
365,073 km226,846 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 7, 195304:09
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 14, 195301:10

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Wednesday, February 11, 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.