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The Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on August 11, 1953Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 August 1953404,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 11, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
404,525 km251,360 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Tuesday, August 11, 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.