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The Moon on Monday, June 15, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on June 15, 1953Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 June 1953397,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 15, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
397,561 km247,033 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 11, 195314:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 19, 195312:01

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Monday, June 15, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1953 to the new moon of July 11, 1953, a cycle of 29.48 days.