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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 1953: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 3, 1953Waning Crescent

Monday 3 August 1953379,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
379,510 km235,817 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1953 is on Sunday, July 26, 1953 at 12:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 2, 195303:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 9, 195316:10

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 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.