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The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1953: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on September 3, 1953Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 September 1953394,181 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
394,181 km244,933 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 1953 at 07:48 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 31, 195310:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 8, 195307:48

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 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.