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The Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1953: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on July 9, 1953Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 July 1953386,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 9, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
386,431 km240,117 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Thursday, July 9, 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.