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The Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1953: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 14, 1953Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 March 1953357,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 14, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
357,588 km222,195 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Saturday, March 14, 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.