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The Moon on Monday, April 6, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on April 6, 1953Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 April 1953379,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 6, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.8% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
379,523 km235,825 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 30, 195312:55
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 7, 195304:58

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Monday, April 6, 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.