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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on June 18, 1953Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 June 1953404,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.7% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
404,087 km251,088 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 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.