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The Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on March 28, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 March 1953405,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 28, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
405,823 km252,167 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 15, 1953 at 11:05 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Saturday, March 28, 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.