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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on October 19, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 October 1953362,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
362,179 km225,047 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 8, 1953 at 00:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 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.