Waxing · 21.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°
Moon age
4.0days
Moon phase on March 19, 1953Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, March 19, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
374,628 km232,783 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 19, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 4 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 19
More about this date
Thursday, March 19, 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.