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The Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1954: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on March 3, 1954Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 March 1954366,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 3, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
366,792 km227,914 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1954 is on Wednesday, February 17, 1954 at 19:18 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 1954 at 03:11 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 25, 195423:29
New Moon (after)Friday, March 5, 195403:11

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Wednesday, March 3, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1954 to the new moon of March 5, 1954, a cycle of 29.47 days.