New moon dates 1953
- 1953: 12 × new moon — 15 January 1953, 14 February 1953, 15 March 1953, 13 April 1953, 13 May 1953, 11 June 1953, 11 July 1953, 9 August 1953, 8 September 1953, 8 October 1953, 6 November 1953, 6 December 1953.
New moon dates 1953
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Jan | 14:07 | passed |
| Sat 14 Feb | 01:09 | passed |
| Sun 15 Mar | 11:04 | passed |
| Mon 13 Apr | 20:08 | passed |
| Wed 13 May | 05:05 | passed |
| Thu 11 Jun | 14:54 | passed |
| Sat 11 Jul | 02:27 | passed |
| Sun 9 Aug | 16:09 | passed |
| Tue 8 Sep | 07:46 | passed |
| Thu 8 Oct | 00:39 | passed |
| Fri 6 Nov | 17:57 | passed |
| Sun 6 Dec | 10:47 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.