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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on July 30, 1953Waning Gibbous

Thursday 30 July 1953364,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
364,902 km226,740 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 26, 195312:21
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 2, 195303:16

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 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.