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The Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1953: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

First Quarter at

21:44UTC

Moon phase on October 15, 1953First Quarter

Thursday 15 October 1953382,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 15, 1953, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
382,164 km237,465 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 8, 195300:41
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 15, 195321:44
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 22, 195312:56

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Thursday, October 15, 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.