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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

May 1953 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for May 1953, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
May 1Waning Gibbous96%
May 2Waning Gibbous91%
May 3Waning Gibbous84%
May 4Waning Gibbous75%
May 5Waning Gibbous65%
May 6Waning Gibbous55%
May 7Waning Crescent43%
May 8Waning Crescent32%
May 9Waning Crescent22%
May 10Waning Crescent13%
May 11Waning Crescent6%
May 12Waning Crescent2%
May 13New Moon0%
May 14Waxing Crescent1%
May 15Waxing Crescent5%
May 16Waxing Crescent10%
May 17Waxing Crescent17%
May 18Waxing Crescent26%
May 19Waxing Crescent35%
May 20Waxing Crescent44%
May 21Waxing Gibbous54%
May 22Waxing Gibbous63%
May 23Waxing Gibbous72%
May 24Waxing Gibbous80%
May 25Waxing Gibbous87%
May 26Waxing Gibbous93%
May 27Waxing Gibbous97%
May 28Full Moon99%
May 29Full Moon100%
May 30Waning Gibbous98%
May 31Waning Gibbous93%
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