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The Moon on Friday, July 3, 1953: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Last Quarter at

22:03UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 1953Last Quarter

Friday 3 July 1953369,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 3, 1953, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.9% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
369,779 km229,770 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 27, 195303:29
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, July 3, 195322:03
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 11, 195302:28

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Friday, July 3, 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.