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The Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1953: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Last Quarter at

04:58UTC

Moon phase on April 7, 1953Last Quarter

Tuesday 7 April 1953374,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 7, 1953, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
374,881 km232,940 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 30, 195312:55
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 7, 195304:58
New Moon (after)Monday, April 13, 195320:09

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Tuesday, April 7, 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.