Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 1953Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 April 1953386,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
386,022 km239,863 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 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.