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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on March 20, 1953Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 March 1953380,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
380,911 km236,687 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 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.