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The Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on September 24, 1953Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 September 1953358,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 24, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
358,435 km222,721 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1953 is on Wednesday, September 23, 1953 at 04:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Thursday, September 24, 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.