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The Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1953: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

New Moon at

07:48UTC

Moon phase on September 8, 1953New Moon

Tuesday 8 September 1953406,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 8, 1953, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
406,083 km252,328 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1953 is on Monday, August 24, 1953 at 20:21 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 1953 at 07:48 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 31, 195310:46
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, September 8, 195307:48
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 16, 195309:50

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Tuesday, September 8, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 1953 to the new moon of October 8, 1953, a cycle of 29.70 days.