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The Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1953: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on September 30, 1953Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 September 1953390,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 30, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
390,224 km242,474 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1953 is on Wednesday, September 23, 1953 at 04:16 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 29, 195321:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 8, 195300:41

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Wednesday, September 30, 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.