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The Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1953: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 11, 1953Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 March 1953367,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 11, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
367,527 km228,371 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Wednesday, March 11, 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.