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The Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on February 18, 1953Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 February 1953370,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 18, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
370,950 km230,497 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 14, 195301:10
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 20, 195317:45

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Wednesday, February 18, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1953 to the new moon of March 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.