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The Moon on Friday, March 6, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on March 6, 1953Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 March 1953394,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 6, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
394,314 km245,015 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 28, 195318:59
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 8, 195318:27

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Friday, March 6, 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.