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The Moon on Friday, April 10, 1953: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on April 10, 1953Waning Crescent

Friday 10 April 1953363,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 10, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
363,144 km225,647 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 7, 195304:58
New Moon (after)Monday, April 13, 195320:09

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Friday, April 10, 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.