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The Moon on Wednesday, November 11, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on November 11, 1953Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 November 1953385,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 11, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
385,585 km239,591 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 11, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 11

More about this date

Wednesday, November 11, 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.