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The Moon on Monday, June 8, 1953: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on June 8, 1953Waning Crescent

Monday 8 June 1953372,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 8, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
372,200 km231,274 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1953 is on Thursday, May 28, 1953 at 17:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 4, 195317:36
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 11, 195314:55

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Monday, June 8, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1953 to the new moon of June 11, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.