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The Moon on Friday, February 13, 1953: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on February 13, 1953Waning Crescent

Friday 13 February 1953357,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 13, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
357,952 km222,421 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Friday, February 13, 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.