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The Moon on Friday, August 14, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on August 14, 1953Waxing Crescent

Friday 14 August 1953405,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 14, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
405,170 km251,761 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 9, 1953 at 16:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Friday, August 14, 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.