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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1953: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on October 1, 1953Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 October 1953395,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
395,164 km245,544 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1953 is on Wednesday, September 23, 1953 at 04:16 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 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.