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The Moon on Friday, June 26, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on June 26, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 June 1953377,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 26, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
377,533 km234,588 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Friday, June 26, 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.