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The Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1953: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

29.2days

Moon phase on October 7, 1953Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 October 1953406,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 7, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
406,351 km252,495 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1953 is on Wednesday, September 23, 1953 at 04:16 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Wednesday, October 7, 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.