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The Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on September 13, 1953Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 September 1953400,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 13, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
400,647 km248,951 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1953 is on Wednesday, September 23, 1953 at 04:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 1953 at 07:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Sunday, September 13, 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.