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The Moon on Friday, October 30, 1953: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on October 30, 1953Waning Crescent

Friday 30 October 1953399,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 30, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
399,070 km247,971 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 29, 195313:10
New Moon (after)Friday, November 6, 195317:58

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Friday, October 30, 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.