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The Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on February 21, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 February 1953388,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 21, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
388,229 km241,234 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 20, 195317:45
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 195318:59

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Saturday, February 21, 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.