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The Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1954: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on February 2, 1954Waning Crescent

Tuesday 2 February 1954373,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 2, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
373,821 km232,282 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Tuesday, February 2, 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.