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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on July 24, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 July 1953374,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
374,187 km232,509 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.