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The Moon on Saturday, April 11, 1953: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on April 11, 1953Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 April 1953361,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 11, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,156 km224,412 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Saturday, April 11, 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.