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The Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 26, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 April 1953402,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 26, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
402,900 km250,351 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 1953 at 20:09 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Sunday, April 26, 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.