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The Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on September 9, 1953Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 September 1953406,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 9, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
406,555 km252,622 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1953 is on Wednesday, September 23, 1953 at 04:16 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 1953 at 07:48 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Wednesday, September 9, 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.