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The Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on October 25, 1953Waning Gibbous

Sunday 25 October 1953370,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 25, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
370,831 km230,424 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Sunday, October 25, 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.