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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on July 23, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 July 1953379,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
379,690 km235,929 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 19, 195304:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 26, 195312:21

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.