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The Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on November 12, 1953Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 November 1953381,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 12, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
381,653 km237,148 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Thursday, November 12, 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.