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The Moon on Thursday, July 2, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on July 2, 1953Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 July 1953368,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 2, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.2% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
368,290 km228,844 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 27, 195303:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 3, 195322:03

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Thursday, July 2, 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.