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The Moon on Friday, April 24, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 24, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 April 1953405,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 24, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,152 km251,750 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 21, 195300:41
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 29, 195304:21

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Friday, April 24, 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.