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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 1953: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on May 8, 1953Waning Crescent

Friday 8 May 1953367,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,111 km228,112 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 13, 1953 at 05:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 6, 195312:21
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 13, 195305:06

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.