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The Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on April 14, 1953Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 April 1953364,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 14, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
364,671 km226,596 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 13, 195320:09
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 21, 195300:41

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Tuesday, April 14, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1953 to the new moon of May 13, 1953, a cycle of 29.37 days.