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The Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on October 13, 1953Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 October 1953391,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 13, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
391,927 km243,532 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Tuesday, October 13, 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.