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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on October 14, 1953Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 October 1953387,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
387,294 km240,653 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 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.