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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on March 16, 1953Waxing Crescent

Monday 16 March 1953359,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,762 km223,545 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 15, 195311:05
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 22, 195308:11

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 1953 to the new moon of April 13, 1953, a cycle of 29.38 days.