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The Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 1953: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 10, 1953Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 June 1953377,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 10, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
377,431 km234,525 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 10, 1953 is on Thursday, May 28, 1953 at 17:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 10

More about this date

Wednesday, June 10, 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.