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The Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on September 26, 1953Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 September 1953366,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 26, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
366,633 km227,815 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1953 is on Wednesday, September 23, 1953 at 04:16 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Saturday, September 26, 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.