Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on March 17, 1953Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, March 17, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
363,542 km225,894 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 17, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, March 15, 1953 | 11:05 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, March 22, 1953 | 08:11 |
The Moon around March 17
More about this date
Tuesday, March 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1953, or the whole moon calendar 1953.
- The same date one year apart: 1952 · 1954.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.