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The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on January 6, 1954Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 January 1954375,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
375,146 km233,105 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 5, 195402:21
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 12, 195400:22

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1954 to the new moon of February 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.57 days.