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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on October 9, 1953Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 October 1953404,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
404,085 km251,086 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 8, 195300:41
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 15, 195321:44

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 8, 1953 to the new moon of November 6, 1953, a cycle of 29.72 days.