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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on January 9, 1954Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 January 1954369,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
369,999 km229,907 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 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.