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The Moon on Monday, May 11, 1953: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on May 11, 1953Waning Crescent

Monday 11 May 1953366,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 11, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
366,616 km227,804 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1953 is on Wednesday, April 29, 1953 at 04:21 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 13, 1953 at 05:06 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Monday, May 11, 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.