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The Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on October 17, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 October 1953371,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 17, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
371,330 km230,734 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 15, 195321:44
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 22, 195312:56

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Saturday, October 17, 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.