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The Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on March 26, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 March 1953405,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 26, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
405,364 km251,881 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Thursday, March 26, 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.