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The Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1953: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on October 31, 1953Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 October 1953402,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 31, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
402,429 km250,058 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Saturday, October 31, 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.