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The Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1954: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on January 31, 1954Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 January 1954384,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 31, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
384,264 km238,771 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Sunday, January 31, 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.