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The Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on March 25, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 25 March 1953403,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 25, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
403,738 km250,871 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 22, 195308:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 30, 195312:55

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Wednesday, March 25, 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.