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The Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1953: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on March 10, 1953Waning Crescent

Tuesday 10 March 1953373,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 10, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
373,012 km231,779 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Tuesday, March 10, 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.