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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 1953Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 April 1953374,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
374,187 km232,509 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 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.