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The Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on October 24, 1953Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 October 1953365,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 24, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
365,464 km227,089 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 22, 195312:56
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 29, 195313:10

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Saturday, October 24, 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.