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The Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on April 19, 1953Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 April 1953391,641 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 19, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
391,641 km243,354 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Sunday, April 19, 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.