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The Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on October 18, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 October 1953366,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 18, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
366,327 km227,625 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Sunday, October 18, 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.