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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1953: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 1953Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 April 1953360,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
360,675 km224,113 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1953 is on Monday, March 30, 1953 at 12:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 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.