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The Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on November 18, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 November 1953362,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 18, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.3% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
362,509 km225,253 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 14, 195307:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 20, 195323:12

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Wednesday, November 18, 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.