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The Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 1953: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on July 7, 1953Waning Crescent

Tuesday 7 July 1953379,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 7, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
379,831 km236,016 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Tuesday, July 7, 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.