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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 1954: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 29, 1954Waning Crescent

Friday 29 January 1954394,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
394,711 km245,262 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 27, 195403:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 3, 195415:55

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 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.