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The Moon on Monday, March 9, 1953: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on March 9, 1953Waning Crescent

Monday 9 March 1953378,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 9, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
378,795 km235,372 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 8, 195318:27
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 15, 195311:05

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Monday, March 9, 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.