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The Moon on Saturday, April 25, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 25, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 April 1953404,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 25, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
404,476 km251,330 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Saturday, April 25, 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.