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The Moon on Friday, June 19, 1953: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

First Quarter at

12:01UTC

Moon phase on June 19, 1953First Quarter

Friday 19 June 1953403,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 19, 1953, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
403,931 km250,991 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 11, 195314:55
First Quarter (this day)Friday, June 19, 195312:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 27, 195303:29

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Friday, June 19, 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.