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The Moon on Monday, August 10, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on August 10, 1953Waxing Crescent

Monday 10 August 1953402,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 10, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
402,751 km250,258 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 9, 195316:10
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 17, 195320:08

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Monday, August 10, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 1953 to the new moon of September 8, 1953, a cycle of 29.65 days.