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The Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on July 14, 1953Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 July 1953402,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 14, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
402,450 km250,071 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 11, 195302:28
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 19, 195304:47

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Tuesday, July 14, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1953 to the new moon of August 9, 1953, a cycle of 29.57 days.