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The Moon on Friday, March 13, 1953: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 13, 1953Waning Crescent

Friday 13 March 1953359,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 13, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
359,371 km223,303 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Friday, March 13, 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.