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The Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1953: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on November 5, 1953Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 November 1953403,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 5, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
403,509 km250,729 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1953 is on Thursday, October 22, 1953 at 12:56 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Thursday, November 5, 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.