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The Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on November 8, 1953Waxing Crescent

Sunday 8 November 1953395,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 8, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
395,971 km246,045 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 6, 195317:58
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 14, 195307:52

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Sunday, November 8, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 6, 1953 to the new moon of December 6, 1953, a cycle of 29.70 days.