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The Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1953: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on July 4, 1953Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 July 1953371,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 4, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
371,779 km231,012 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 3, 195322:03
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 11, 195302:28

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Saturday, July 4, 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.