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The Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on June 21, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 June 1953399,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 21, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
399,879 km248,473 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 19, 195312:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 27, 195303:29

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Sunday, June 21, 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.