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The Moon on Friday, December 11, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on December 11, 1953Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 December 1953375,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 11, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
375,673 km233,432 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1953 is on Sunday, December 20, 1953 at 11:44 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 6, 1953 at 10:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 6, 195310:48
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 13, 195316:30

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Friday, December 11, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 1953 to the new moon of January 5, 1954, a cycle of 29.65 days.